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TIL about the 7 National Primate Research Centers in the US

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R7Bpw TIL The Finnish and the Hungarian language are related since they're both Ural languages
D1YYY TIL: In 1766–1769, Jeanne Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. During most of the trip, she was disguised as a man.
wlYE TIL in the 1960s the FDA mysteriously banned the use of the miracle berry, a fruit which makes sour foods taste sweet and was being developed as a safe alternative to sugar.
awQjM TIL the oldest evidence of writing in the western hemisphere is a 3000 yr old stone tablet found by construction workers in Veracruz, Mexico and proved the Olmecs were a literate civilization.
AN1kn TIL during the 19th century, 'corpse medicine' was practiced in Europe, where people consumed human remains, as supposed cures for ailments