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TIL that a Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, was dropped from delivering a speech on “what the food industry could do to improve public health” - because he exposed the deceptive marketing used by top brands. So he released it on YouTube and got 300,000 views.

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oBDRE TIL the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai centre line started with the engineers hand clap (skip to 8:55)
ANgYx TIL of the practice of Muerto Parado. After you're dead they embalm, dress and pose you doing the thing you enjoyed when you were alive. This gentlemen was posed playing video games surrounded by snacks, which he loved doing in life.
e05mD TIL Only 29% of Americans realize that state funding for higher education fell by $9 Billion over the past decade
GAnQJ TIL there are over 3,000 slot machines on military bases overseas, mostly run by the army, and they make $100 million annually
mQpP TIL that a man survived the sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him traumatized afterwards. Some forty years later he was finally able to overcome his fears and sail again… only to die on the Titanic.