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TIL MythBusters confirmed the myth that bustier gals receive better tips from BOTH men (30% increase) and women (40% increase)

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6Bem TIL American fear over hitchhiking is not only largely irrational, but due to a campaign of disinformation by the FBI in the 1950s and 60s
Oo1M4 TIL of Du Yuesheng, a Triad boss who was granted the rank of general in the Nationalist Chinese army after he ordered his gang to massacre 1000s of communist supporters. He then became head of the Opium Suppression Bureau, which he used to seize opium to be sold by his own criminal organization.
xVY8k TIL about the United States Metric Board, established in 1975 by an act of Congress to facilitate the transfer of the US to the metric system, the conversion was to be voluntary, which was not enough to effect the change, and it was disbanded by President Reagan in 1982.
J1wdV TIL that Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video was released on VHS and sold over 1 million copies
AZLo TIL Looking at Boobs for at least 10 minutes a day can lower blood pressure and decrease the risk of coronary heart disease.