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TIL in a study researchers have found that intense sweetness can be more addictive than cocaine, in fact when rats were allowed to choose between water sweetened with saccharin and intravenous cocaine, the large majority of animals (94%) preferred the sweet taste of saccharin

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a8GvN TIL of the Island Council, the legislative body of the Pitcairn islands, consisting of 10 seats. With a total population of 35, this makes it the highest ratio of legislator to inhabitant in the world at 1:3.5
Y4W7 TIL “Her Majesty” by the Beatles is 0:23 long and is one of the first hidden tracks.
64w8 TIL that the director of the movie Cannibal Holocaust was arrested for murder 10 days after the movie premier, as the courts did not understand how an impalement scene was done, and actually believed that an actress was murdered for the scene.
VBpmp TIL that the all-time most successful songwriter after Lennon/McCartney is a Swedish guy named Max Martin.
kJYQ5 TIL That on March 8, 2012 a fistfight broke out in the audience during the performance of Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra .