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TIL Nazi POWs living in American camps buried the corn they were given because they didn’t like it. They got caught when the corn started growing out of the ground.

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Bro7r TIL for every year a woman breastfed it lowers her risk of breast cancer by 4.3%
OG6d1 TIL Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni made a documentary about China that angered the CCP so much, they carried out an anti-Antonioni campaign that included televised denouncements, nationwide written criticisms and even anti-Antonioni songs taught to schoolchildren
pj4Z TIL that in the 1800’s linen condoms were discontinued in favour of more comfortable condoms made from animal intestines
GneG TIL April 11, 1954 was the most boring day in history.
OoEA4 TIL The financial industry is rushing to embrace artificial intelligence to help in areas including trading, investing and automating interactions with customers. Most banks are at least piloting AI in equity research, but with varying degrees of commercial success at this point