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TIL “iOS” is trademarked by Cisco, not Apple

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W7jV8 TIL: There is an actual non joke study which studies the influence of CUMS in male rats. CUMS stood for Chronic Unpredictable Mild Stress. The CUMS rats were deprived of water, food, and had their cage tilted with white noise and 2 stranger rats with them to study how it effects their libido.
5eAk TIL Left-handed people are often excluded from studies of how the brain works. This means that the results of those studies may not apply to ~10% of the population.
5VwWp TIL Betty Crocker's Bisquick, "A World of Baking in a Box," is review-bombed and has lowered sales. The recipe was changed in 2022; recipes now require the addition of oil. Bisquick fans are unaware of the formula changes (following old recipes not the ones on the box).
rRGd1 TIL that All human are susceptible to the “illusion of truth effect”. Meaning the more we hear something, the more likely we are to believe it is true.
6moW TIL Mark Twain called The Book of Mormon “Chloroform in Print”