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TIL that when Prince died "Within three weeks of his death, 700 people claimed to be half-siblings or descendants."

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JXJ1 TIL that until 11,000 years ago milk was toxic to humans, that the only way we could consume it was lowering the lactose levels by turning it into cheese, that today only one third of adults are lactose tolerant, and that the closer you get to the equator the lower the tolerance level is.
nWop9 TIL that historically ketchup was made of mushrooms
b99ap TIL that Ulysses S. Grant was unwittingly a participant in a Ponzi scheme. He later was humiliated when he became a victim of of the same investment scandal.
0BrA TIL: Nixon sent champagne and a note saying “Justice ultimately prevails” to Mark Felt after he was pardoned by Reagan. 30 years later, it was revealed Mark Felt was “Deep Throat” who helped bring the Watergate cover-up to light.
rRrE1 TIL that when Upton Sinclair published his landmark 1906 work "The Jungle” about the lives of meatpacking factory workers, he hoped it would lead to worker protection reforms. Instead, it lead to sanitation reforms, as middle class readers were horrified their meat came from somewhere so unsanitary.