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TIL that babies and toddlers can not only taste with their tongues, but also their lips, cheeks and hard palate.

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QJBKp TIL the UN estimates that humans are causing 150+ species of animals and plants to go extinct per day, 1000x above the natural rate, making this the greatest mass extinction since the age of Dinosaurs.
nWXJ7 TIL a 2,200 year old tomb contained crystal cups that looks EXACTLY like what we use today.
LyXZ TIL Cancers are primarily an environmental disease with 90–95% of cases attributed to environmental factors and 5–10% due to genetics.
Lk7Gr TIL National Museum of American History considers "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "The X-Files" and "Star Trek" important parts of American culture, and has related props in collection
NXeKP TIL of Robert Wardhaugh, a history professor and DnD Dungeon Master who has been running the same game of DnD for 40 years