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TIL that there's no proof that only advertising actually works. When tested, online advertising effect without selection effects, are statistically indistinguishable from zero.

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KOy7a TIL Gerbils are illegal as pets in California due to its climate being so similar to the gerbil's natural desert habitat that state officials are concerned that gerbils who escape or are released into the wild could establish feral colonies
KQ6a TIL when the Abbey National Building Society moved into 219-229 Baker Street, London, they employed a full-time secretary to answer mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes (fictional address: 221b Baker Street)
KODPB TIL that since Milton Hershey didn't have any children he and his wife opened an orphanage school and when he died, he left his entire fortune and the ownership of Hershey Chocolate Company in a trust for the children in the school. Still today 70% of the company is owned by Milton Hershey School.
pYYdO TIL the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction set 70% of the world's forests on fire, caused tsunamis that rose to a height of 300ft (100m), and ejected 25 trillion metric tons of debris into the atmosphere that reduced sunlight by up to 90% for a decade.
60E7 TIL that up until the early 1900’s, it was completely normal for children of both sexes in America to wear dresses until the age of 6 or 7. Gendered clothing didn’t arrive until just before WWI, when pink was recommended for boys and the more ‘delicate and dainty blue’ was recommended for girls.