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TIL that 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, per a 2022 study.

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p8MDO TIL alcohol companies don't have to display nutrition information on their products in the USA because they aren't regulated by the FDA. Instead, they're regulated by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
BrYND Today I learned Y2K was never an issue because people spent years and over $100 billion USD to keep disaster from happening.
OG8QX TIL: To even be considered small, the effect size of the D.A.R.E. program would need to be 20 times bigger than it was.
9YmnQ TIL that adding water to anise-flavored liqueurs and spirits (like sambuca and absinthe) turns the drink into a milky color. This spontaneous emulsification is known as the "ouzo effect."
gMvMD TIL that during the Chenrobyl disaster - Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov accepeted a suicide mission to release a safety valve in time and, in doing so, saved the world from a disaster that would have been exponentially worse than the initial explosion.