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TIL that in an effort to increase sales, some clothing stores use mirrors that make you look about 10 pounds thinner

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1albO TIL of Larry Ely Murillo-Moncada, a supermarket worker who went missing for 10 years. After the supermarket closed down, contractors removed the coolers and found his body stuck in the 18-inch gap behind them.
vPw7x TIL that the first age restricted town in the US is named Youngtown
W7Nw9 TIL of miasma theory, an abandoned medical theory, that held that that diseases such as cholera were caused by “bad air”. Some academics suggested the theory extended to other conditions as well, such as becoming obese by inhaling the odor of food.
MedvB TIL about Orphan Drugs. Drug needed for diseases/conditions so rare there is zero profitability for drug companies to develop, so governments have to step in and fund them.
6EgMW TIL there is an Asian Elephant sanctuary in Thailand for elephants that have been subject to cruelty by bad owners. Some are driven to exhaustion when used for logging, others are tortured to subdue them to become tame for tourist rides.