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TIL in the 1960's the Sugar Industry funded and selectively picked skewed studies that helped blame saturated fat with causing heart disease instead of sugar

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GAlZN TIL that although frankincense was introduced to western Europe by Frankish crusaders, that's not why it's called that; it comes from the Old French word "franc," meaning pure or high-quality.
n9PW TIL John Stewart is considered a more trustworthy news source than MSNBC. Source chart and data on page 36.
kVj1 TIL that Thor Heyerdahl stated that ancient people from South America could have settled in Polynesia, but most anthropologists didn’t believe him. So in 1947 he built a primitive raft and made the 101-day journey himself.
9YQoQ TIL: There's a parasite found in cat feces called T. gondii which can cause permanent personality changes in humans and is associated with higher rates of schizophrenia, suicide & other neurological conditions.
rRawW TIL in Spirited Away, Miyazaki based the river spirit on his own experience of cleaning a polluted river