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TIL breast milk contains substances which aren’t digestible by human infants, but which serve as food for desirable gut bacteria

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woJZW TIL that a fake nude photo of an American Congresswoman was debunked by foot fetishists who recognized through extensive experience that the toes in the photo were not the Congresswoman’s
P1OMe Today I learned a pole with a orange sock is called a wind sock. It tells you the direction the wind is coming from
9wyQQ TIL that Amazon has a serious problem with counterfeit products, and it's all because of something called "commingled inventory."
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