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TIL the color of facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind

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GYY8N TIL When grandfathers experience famine between ages 9-12, their grandsons have a 58% lower rate of cardiovascular death, 65% lower rate of diabetes death, and lived 30 years longer.
e0XQD TIL In 1966 the Spanish army built an enormous cemetery in Burgos for the final scene of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The graveyard now hosts 4,500 graves bearing the names of the living people who each donated €15 towards the 2018 restoration of the cemetery to its original movie set condition.
xVRND TIL Breastmilk has immune-boosting components that are dynamic in responding to your baby’s needs—from age to time of day and even illness.
LQE7m TIL about the Dave Matthews Band Chicago River Incident. On August 8 2004, while driving over a grated bridge, the band's tour bus dumped 800 lbs of human waste into the river below and onto a sightseeing boat full of people.
Gd1j TIL referring to the Netherlands as “Holland” is seen as insulting by many Dutch people, as it’s actually just the name one of the provinces.