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TIL Gastroenterologist Takanori Takebe won the 2024 Physiology Nobel Prize for discovering that mammals can breathe through their anus

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rXGd TIL:In 2011, 80 percent of all antibiotics sold by weight in the United States were used for meat and poultry production.
rRwwd TIL that in the 1700s, Queen Caroline of Great Britain had smallpox innoculation trialled on six prisoners in return for commuting their death sentences. When this was successful, she innoculated her own children, popularising the process.
ZwJR TIL that the San Francisco Fog has a twitter account and its name is Karl
VMa5Z TIL that just four U.S. states - California, Texas, Florida and New York - account for 1/3 of the U.S. population (not counting territories).
QAEM TIL pancakes are one of mankind’s oldest prepared foods, and virtually every culture has their own version of them.