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TIL that without enzymes it would take about 1 millions years for our body to extract energy from ATP

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5Yv8Q TIL the default wallpaper for Windows XP is actually a real film photograph taken in California, NOT a photoshopped image. It was hand-delivered by the photographer to Microsoft in Seattle and is considered the most viewed photograph in the world.
4XoNN TIL the shoes of a ballerina are supposed to match their skin tone.
4X9rg TIL The family Scapegoat is often the family member who is non-compliant with mistreatment, the whistle blower, expresses displeasure or advocates for their own needs, and is then demonized as the family problem, thereby establishing a ‘false narrative’ of victim blaming.
OGBbe TIL that when the Who singer Roger Daltrey was set to promote the SM-58 microphone for Shure, he slammed it on the ground during a speech to prove its durability and carried on speaking with the still-working microphone
aK7b TIL Gordon Ramsay set up a business inside a London prison which allows prisoners how bake goods which are sold on the outside, providing the prison with financial support and giving the prisoners the culinary skills and work experience they need in order to get honest work after their sentence.