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TIL that sugar was marketed as a diet aid in the 1970s.

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Oo8m6 TIL humans are 99.9% genetically similar to other humans; 96% genetically similar to chimpanzees; 90% genetically similar to cats; 85% genetically similar to mice; 80% genetically similar to cows; 61% genetically similar to chickens; and 60% genetically similar to bananas.
N8Kb TIL Adam Sandler won both the worst actor and actress Razzie awards for his movie Jack and Jill
R7Dn4 TIL that only 55 people finished the first New York City Marathon (held in 1970), yet more than 52,000 runners finished the 2018 New York City Marathon: an increase of more than 94,000%.
gMJMy TIL Shirley Temple shot Eleanor Roosevelt in the butt with a slingshot
5QeD TIL that early in her career Mila Kunis, who immigrated from Ukraine, auditioned to play a Russian girl who moves to America. Instead, she was cast as a Mexican.