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TIL that Human milk contains components that are indigestible to human infants. Instead, these components seem to have evolved specifically to feed important gut bacteria.

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8aGOK TIL that in 2007, Scotland spent six months of research and £ 125,000 to create a new slogan that would boost tourism. They came up with "Welcome to Scotland".
vPakK TIL that Zhivopisny bridge in northwestern Moscow is unique because it runs diagonally along a ~400m section of the Moskva river, rather than perpendicularly across it.
XEOxr According to the independent research group Shrink That Footprint, apartments in Hong Kong are on average the smallest in the world (484 sq ft). The average one-bed flat size in Manhattan, New York, is 716 sq ft, in London, it is 550 sq ft. And soon, by converting drainpipes into homes, flats in Hong Kong are set to shrink even more.
XWLX TIL One in six men have experienced an abusive sexual relationship before the age of 18
8aA8K TIL dinosaurs were around before flowering plants existed.