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TIL famous mathematician Kurt Gödel became paranoid of being poisoned in his old age. He was so afraid that he only ate his wife's cooking, and died of starvation after she passed away.

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kOAoe TIL "petface" dogs with puppy-like features have juvenile traits systematically built into their DNA through centuries of rigorous breeding. Many of the same traits that make these dogs "cute" give them a predisposition to respiratory disorders, skin conditions, reproductive issues and eye injuries
b6wN TIL McDonald’s has a website just for Black people
RDlQ TIL 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 per day 50% live on less than $2.50
AD8oo TIL about Benin City - a wealthy, highly advanced and prosperous city in Africa that was rich in architecture, culture and trade. It even had underground drainage and street lights. The British Empire completely destroyed it in 1897 because they refused to be ruled by Britain.
yWEa TIL in 1945 a farmer chopped off a chicken’s head, missed the jugular vein, a clot formed and some of the brain stem survived, providing basic homeostasis functions. Mike the headless chicken toured in sideshows for 18 months and earned the farmer $4,500/ month at the peak of his popularity