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TIL: American Horse Meat is considered a delicacy in Japan and sells for as much per pound as Veal.

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aw7d0 TIL that an unnamed wealthy property owner regularly buys large mansions just to watch them deteriorate.
aBxo TIL that in 1970 a prominent surgeon said a woman would be unfit to be president during the Bay of Pigs because of “raging hormones,” when actually JFK had hormone imbalances from Addison’s disease
jNg1M TIL Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset for 30 consecutive days is associated with anticancer proteomic signature and upregulates key regulatory proteins of glucose and lipid metabolism, circadian clock, DNA repair, cytoskeleton remodeling, immune system and cognitive function
xB4D TIL that the fabric and wood pieces from the Wright Brothers airplane were flown on the Apollo 11 mission and were in the lunar module Eagle that landed on the Moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr.
VEnG TIL in Islamic law gang rape, terrorism, and highway robbery are considered the same class of crime and it is the only kind to get the most severe penalty in Islamic law: Crucifixion