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TIL the popular game Candy Crush exploits mechanisms of addiction in the same way some recreational drugs and gambling do

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jNeQv TIL that the Ancient Greeks would have treated the Illiad and the Odyssey as part of a series of eight books by various authors. However, only Homer's books have survived in full, perhaps because they were the most popular.
a8gnN TIL that to raise morale in the Pacific theater in WWII, the US deployed a barge capable of storing 2000 gallons (7600 L) of ice cream and making another 10 gallons (38 L) every seven minutes.
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