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TIL you shouldn’t give children under 6 months old water, as among other reasons, their kidneys cannot filter plain water - leaving them susceptible to water intoxication.

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Meeom TIL musician Ice-T is the frontman of a metal band called Body Count.
7d6r TIL A cat has been the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for 15 years.
b9jbp TIL that cars had push-button start until 1949
vgW4 TIL food manufacturers make chip bags noisy in order to subconsciously convince you the chips taste good, “research has shown that if people hear the sound of the packaging crumpling while they’re eating the chips they will think the chips are crisper, crunchier, fresher … better”
Oa8g TIL Neil deGrasse was dismissed for jury duty as he teaches a class in Princeton that looks at the “evaluation of evidence and the relative unreliability of eyewitness testimony.”