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TIL The introduction of iodine in table salt by the Morton Salt Company raised average IQ in the U.S. by 3.5 points

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VBYZZ TIL that the Big Bang theory was first proposed by a Catholic priest
arZM TIL that during the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongols celebrated a victory over the Russians by laying survivors on the ground, dropping a heavy wooden gate on them, and then having a victory banquet on top of it while the victims suffocated and were crushed to death
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