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TIL approximately one half of vegans are vitamin B12 deficient

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9Md6 TIL Finland was the only country to pay off its WWI debt to the US, and finished in 1976.
e08og TIL it’s been 30 years since Home Alone debuted. The McCallister’s house in the movie is an actual home in the Chicago suburbs. Located at 671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka, IL, the 5-bedroom house is 4,243 square feet & is currently valued at about $1.7 million & Kevin placed 14 bobby traps in the house.
GYd7 TIL Marie Curie’s notebooks from the late 19th century are still too radioactive to be handled
jQbR TIL The “honeycomb” made by bees is composed of tessellating hexagons because this is the most efficient way to use the least wax to cover the most area with small cells.
J1ne8 TIL that there is a World Championship for Microsoft Excel, (an e-sport!) which consists of solving mathematical problems and complex financial models on Excel quicker than your opponents. The 2023 winner, 'Andrew the Annihilator', got a wrestling-style belt, a trophy, and $3,000.