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TIL: yogurt is reported by the FDA to help ease malabsorption of lactose in other dairy products

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Z1xB TIL in Nordic mythology, Ratatoskr was a squirrel whose sole job was to carry insulting messages between a great eagle and a dragon at opposite ends of Yggdrasil, the great World Tree
Lk5n9 TIL in 2001-2002, Afghan children mistook unexploded US cluster bombs for food packages because of their similar shape and yellow packaging. Several children were maimed and even killed as a result.
4Y1J TIL the origin of the word “decimate” as we use it today came from the Roman military practice of punishing groups of soldiers by executing every 10th man
Rddj TIL that only Big Bird could see Snuffleupagus until season 17
BrRkr TIL: The notion of a “tongue map” for different tastes is a myth. Scientists have found that specialist brain cells handle different tastes.