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TIL that 65-70% of the adults in the world are lactose intolerant because we aren't really made to drink milk after infancy

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v1wdK TIL The legal definition of a 'sandwich' differs across the USA. In California, a hot dog is a sandwich. In Massachusetts, a burrito is not a sandwich. The USDA defines a sandwich as meat between two slices of bread and says a burrito is a 'sandwich like product.' New York has another definition.
r6Yo TIL that the flood scene was so wildly out of control in “Noah’s Ark” (1928) that three extras drowned and one lost a leg. Michael Curtiz - the director - is best known for his film “Casablanca”.
vlrB TIL that Mattel sold a vibrating Harry Potter broomstick that teenage girls really, really liked.
7bDx TIL that corn (maize) is a human invention and does not exist in the wild.
7wlX TIL seven year old Erica Pratt was kidnapped around the same time fourteen year old Elizabeth Smart was abducted. Erica escaped her kidnappers by gnawing through the duct tape binding her wrists, smashing through the basement window, and walking home.