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TIL sliced bread was first advertised as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped,”

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GAgE4 TIL While useful for those with dietary deficiencies, multivitamins offer no real benefit to the majority of the population. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force found no clear evidence that consuming multivitamins "made them healthier in any way."
WkrD8 TIL beginning with season 5 of That 70s Show, each episode in the series is named after a song by a rock band that was famous in the 1970s. Except for the finale, titled "That '70s Finale".
VBnkZ TIL about Gödel's Loophole. While studying for his American citizenship test, Kurt Gödel believed he had found a flaw in the US constitution that would permit the American democracy to be legally turned into a dictatorship. Einstein advised him not to mention it during the test.
l0lr TIL the model for Rosie the Riveter worked as a riveter for only a couple weeks before quitting and marrying a dentist
6moW TIL Mark Twain called The Book of Mormon “Chloroform in Print”