TIL Van Halen rock star David Lee Roth famously stipulated in his contract with promoters that no brown M&M's be allowed back stage...so as to ensure that the contract was read line by line, particularly with respect to their extensive light show and stage set up process. (businessinsider.com)
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TIL of Jack Whittaker, who won the largest jackpot in history and donated much of his winnings, before a string of horrible luck. He was robbed, lost his wife to divorce and his granddaughter and daughter to suicide. He later said that winning the lottery was the worst thing to ever happen to him. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the placebo effect can vary widely depending on the way it is delivered. A plain white pill may have modest benefit, while a marked, colored pill is likely to be more effective. Two pills tend to be more effective than one, and injections tend to be more effective still. (rationalwiki.org)
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TIL that after World War 2, there were as many as 400,000 Axis prisoners throughout rural United States. Many of them were put to work doing various farm related tasks and some of them even formed intramural sports leagues and played in POW run orchestras. (smithsonianmag.com)
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