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TIL a study published in 2017 found that children who were breastfed for two years or longer had a 2.4 times higher risk of having severe cavities, compared to kids who were breastfed for less than a year.

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KOgMa TIL the 1679 Habeas Corpus Act was only passed in Parliament because its supporters jokingly counted a fat lord as ten votes and the opposition never noticed
jNRja TIL in Iceland, if you don’t know the address to where you want your mail to go, you can hand-draw a map to your destination on the envelope
bAZN TIL : In the 1821 Greek War of Independence, the Ottoman Turks ran out of bullets and started to strip the columns of the Parthenon for lead. When the Greeks got wind of this, they gathered up their bullets and sent them to the Turks to use against themselves to protect their ancient heritage.
6EVGw TIL Anthony Daniels, who endured years of discomfort in the C-3PO costume, was so annoyed by Alan Tudyk (Rogue One) playing K-2SO in the comfort of a motion-capture suit that he cursed at Tudyk. Tudyk later joked that a "fuck you" from Daniels was among the highest compliments he had ever received.
ZpgWp TIL that when The Beatles broke up in 1970, they were all still in their late twenties! John Lennon and Ringo Starr were both 29, while Paul McCartney and George Harrison were just 27.