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TIL the idea that cranberry juice prevents UTIs was perpetuated by Ocean Spray and actually has little to no statistical influence.

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GYbBj Today I learned that the circus company from The Greatest Showman shut down the same year the movie released.
mxyGR TIL a woman quit her job to search for her border collie who escaped from a hotel room during a thunderstorm while on vacation in Kalispell, Montana. After 57 days of searching and posting hundreds of flyers around town, she finally found ‘Katie’ who was starving, but otherwise OK.
78elr TIL that three states did not vote for George Washington for president in the first US presidential election in 1789 - New York's legislature did not choose electors on time, and North Carolina and Rhode Island had not ratified the constitution yet.
e000b TIL that in July 2014 a German tourist got into a fight while in Bulgaria. Following advise not to fly he said goodbye to his friends and booked a hotel. A day later he started acting strangely and was last seen running out of Varna airport and climbing a fence, his whereabouts are still unknown.
kOa1 TIL Doctors have observed that winning an Academy Award increases the life expectancy of actors and actresses.