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TIL since 1916 The Taller Presidential Candidate has Won about 70% of the Time.

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9wYom TIL Praying Mantis’ have never been an endangered species, and it has always been legal to kill them in the United States. The contrary claim was just an urban legend floating around since the 1950’s.
8eAxP TIL in 2003 the BBC aired a promotion for it's drama programming featuring a woman falling off a cliff while a couple nearby watch with the tagline "Everyone likes to watch." It was pulled after 3 airings on the same day.
rNlA4 TIL the phrase "Bucket List" entered common usage only after the 2007 film. It was coined by screenwriter Justin Zackham, whose list's first item was to "get a film made at a major studio". This list gave him the idea for the screenplay, and The Bucket List became his first studio film.
gr7O7 TIL: Ivan Pavlov of Pavlov’s dogs also experimented on orphaned children which involved drilling a hole in their cheeks and applying electric shocks.
LkE5Z TIL 90 percent of all large fish have disappeared from the world's oceans in the past half century