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TIL Asimov’s concept of “psychohistory” (predicting the course of history using statistical mathematics) is now a real field of study called “cliodynamics”.

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epKon TIL British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India in 200 years while stealing atleast 45 trillion dollars of wealth.
BpPb TIL that Coke tastes better when ordered from McDonald’s because, McDonald’s restaurants can syrup delivered from a tanker truck and store it in a stainless steel cylinder, keeping the syrup fresh.
N7WZ1 TIL the funeral of Japanese musician Hide was attended by 50,000 fans, not including the 10,000 who attended his televised wake. His death resulted in numerous suicides including one at his funeral. One person died in a car crash and around 200 people were hospitalised due to exhaustion and heat.
v1YK8 TIL that native English speakers are never taught the correct way to order adjectives: they just know it
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