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Ypl9G TIL that excess consumption of artificially sweetened candy has an inherent laxative effect on most humans. This is due to the presence of a sugar alcohol known as maltitol. The carbohydrate structure is altered and digestion is much slower. This promotes osmosis and rapid expulsion from the body.
Wk8wX TIL that during renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two metres off centre, and the right arm not being properly attached.
Bp8x TIL - The movie Airplane! took only 34 days to shoot and cost $3.5 million.
xVYdk TIL that Germans are low in cultural context: individualism, alienation, estrangement from other people, little body contact, and low sensitivity to nonverbal cues. By contrast, the French are high context: closely knit groups, sensitive to nonverbal cues, and engage in high amounts of body contact.
0drR5 TIL during WW1 France lost 25% of its 18-30 year-old male population.