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TIL most of Sigmund Freud’s theories have been completely discredited to the point that almost no institution in any discipline would dare use him as a credible source

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78MDP Today I learned Gatorade created a sport institute that successfully influenced the sport industry into thinking that we must drink (their) beverages otherwise we will cramp.
XE1o6 TIL that only two countries in the world comprehensively tax the worldwide income of their citizens who reside abroad: Eritrea and the USA.
Y7Jjd TIL Bill the Cat is Garfield's illegitimate son
nWmPd TIL the Choose Your Own Adventure books were invented by a single father and a lawyer named Edward Packard. He came up with the idea while telling bedtime stories to his kids
DKXY TIL that when male honey bees mate, their penises explode and they die. During the queen’s nuptial flight, she’ll mate with about a dozen partners and leave a trail of dead, penisless bees in her wake.