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TIL of a research which states that speed-watching of online materials positively impacts the comprehension of those materials.

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j670N TIL In the 2000's Linda Fiorentino(MIB, Dogma actress) began dating FBI agent Mark Rosini. Claiming she was researching for a role, she got him to access and give her files related to the felony case against a Holywood fixer, which she then gave to his lawyers, intending to help him
QJgWX TIL Receipts in Taiwan are lottery tickets. It encourages locals to ask for receipts and boost tax income.
awDJA TIL that ancient Greek historian Herodotus once reported that there existed gold-digging ants. This was most likely a translation error. But there are marmots in the Himalayas of the Deosai plateau where local tribes have been known to collect gold dust from their burrows
7rP7P TIL A Japanese man discovered the massive heat - transfer air currents known as the Jet stream in the 1920s. His work went completely unnoticed because he published his findings in Japanese and Esperanto.
NXblP TIL before 1804, the office of the US vice-president was awarded to runner up to the presidential race