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TIL a 2022 study showed that childhood ADHD patients consistently given stimulants were "significantly shorter than other subgroups."

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W7V4d TIL that between March 1910 and September 1911 a pressurized oil well explosion formed the Lakeview Gusher, releasing 9 million barrels of crude oil and flooding the area in rivers of oil. It's a "miracle" that the oil field had not caught fire and the event remains the worst oil spill in history.
X0rPR TIL that boxer Lennox Lewis was behind on points to opponent Vitali Klitschko’s, until landing a punch that forced the fight to end on injury (despite Vitali wanting to continue). Lewis the winner, would then retire from boxing, whilst Vitali continually demanded a rematch over the years.
jO4M TIL Earning interest on loaned money originates from the lending of “food money” that was commonplace in Middle Eastern civilizations as early as 5000 B.C. The argument that acquired seeds and animals could “reproduce themselves” was used to justify interest.
PGvJ TIL Artic Explorer Peter Freuchen was caught in a terrible blizzard and buried under a thick layer of snow and ice. When he couldn’t claw his way out, Freuchen whittled his own frozen feces into a knife and used it to chisel his way through.
WkvWY TIL that the tobacco industry funded the study that gave us the theory of "Type A/B Personalities" in order to help obscure smoking's connection to heart disease