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TIL Central Asian and Mongolian steppe herders, not Europeans, was the earliest humans to consume dairy and develop lactose tolerance.

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VBdjB TIL that the longest word in the English language has 189,819 letters! Today I learned that the longest word in the English language is the chemical name for "Titin," the largest known protein found in the human body. This word has 189,819 letters and would take about 3.5 hours to read aloud!
X060j TIL some U.S. police departments have adopted policies of rejecting new applicants if they score too high on their IQ tests
W7XeA TIL all seaweed is safe to eat because there is no known poisonous or toxic seaweed
DQGxV TIL that when someone was trapped with other skiers in an Avalanche that part of what saved them was when that person recited every line to The Princess Bride to keep everyone helpfully occupied.
R704l TIL Bayer sold blood meds contaminated with HIV. Their lab misrepresented the results of its own research and sold the contaminated meds in Asia and Latin America. As a consequence, people who used them developed AIDS.