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TIL Eggs’ elevated cholesterol is not harmful to humans, at all

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py6b TIL that for over a century (colonial times-WWII) May 1st was ‘Moving Day’ in New York when tenants along with their belongings abandoned their abodes to criss-cross the city in mass migration to fresh dwellings.
8akjZ TIL that Richard Dawkins coined the term 'meme' in his 1976 book 'The Selfish Gene' to describe the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena.
XEeD8 TIL the US Postmaster General is the 2nd highest paid US government official behind the president.
Z8nxD TIL the kangaroo in the Australian Coat of Arms sculpture above the Parliament House entry has large, discernable testicles. Design submissions for the sculpture that omitted an obvious scrotum were rejected, as 1980s Australia couldn't bear representation by a female roo.
8amvb TIL that Fritz Haber, the "father of chemical warfare," created the Haber-Bosch process of synthesizing ammonia for fertilizers used in over half of the global population's current food production.