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TIL that Brazil nuts used to be known as “nigger toes”

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X0gX TIL that kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
yVykX TIL that in the geologic record, a thin layer of sediment separates the Mesozoic Era (the age of the dinosaurs) from the Cenozoic (the current era). This sediment is unusually high in Iridium, an element much more common in asteroids than on earth.
VB46k TIL there exists an Italian exclave within Switzerland named Campione d’Italia. It is only one square mile in area and it houses Europe’s largest and oldest casino
9wgb7 TIL there’s a term for why people act wild in groups—Deindividuation. It’s when you lose your sense of self in a crowd and follow group behavior, ranging from harmless hype to risky or harmful actions. Feeling unidentifiable in a group reduces personal accountability.
9rjp TIL that George Foreman was banking $8M PER MONTH during the height of the Foreman Grill craze