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TIL that five-year-olds that have four or more servings of soda daily are 100% more aggressive than those five-year-olds that don’t drink any soda according to a study by Columbia University.

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a8VmJ TIL The most heavily bombed country in history is Laos. The US dropped 260 million bombs on a neutral country, Laos, in attempt to disrupt Vietnamese supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. An estimated one-third (80 million) of the bombs have net detonated and are still at risk to do so.
grMpA TIL Spitfire planes were "crowdfunded" in some cases in World War II. Large scale contributors were allowed to give the plane a nickname which was printed on the side. For example, ‘Dorothy of Great Britain and Empire’ was named by a group of women, all with the name 'Dorothy'.
X0wXr TIL the congressional page program was shut down due in part from congressmen soliciting sex from them
LQDNv TIL there was an olympic wrestling gold medal match that lasted for more than 9 hours, in the 1912 light heavyweight division. Since the fight was declared a draw and the gold medalist was required to have defeated his opponent, no gold medals were awarded and both finalists received silver instead.
5Y0wP TIL about the ancient Hambach Forest of which only 10 % remains. The remaining part is planned to be cleared to make way for the surface coal mine operation in the area. There have been ongoing protests and occupations in the forest to prevent this since 2012