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AVb7 TIL that the cost of “Prometheus” movie budget would be enough to keep the search for real extraterrestrial life going for 52 years
YpPKW TIL: Virtually every country named syphilis after its enemies. The French called it the Neapolitan disease, the English and Italians called it the French disease, Russians called it the Polish disease, Tahitians called it the British disease, and the Japanese called it the Chinese pox.
GY915 TIL when you drink too much alcohol and don't remember anything the next day, you didn't forget anything, your Brain was just not "recording" in the first place.
jNONQ TIL eating fruit is healthier than drinking that fruit as a juice or smoothie because eating makes you release stomach acid and digestion hormones as well as enzymes in your saliva that break down food. This process is called the cephalic phase of digestion and drinking foods bypasses most of it.
KYdo4 TIL a group of religious folks in Canada that believed in anarchy, vegetarianism and being naked clashed violently with the government. They detonated bombs and had naked protest parades because they felt their land and children were being unfairly taken from them