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TIL the CDC has recommended later start times for schools because 66% of teens have chronic sleep deprivation.

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ZGeR TIL that sweat doesn’t smell bad. A stinky “body odour” is caused when the skin bacteria feed on sweat. Their waste products are what smell bad!
v9v7 TIL about Ayds, an appetite suppressing candy that was popular in the ‘70s. It was taken off the market in the late '80s after poor sales due to AIDS awareness.
QMwe TIL that WWE superstar John Cena has granted over 300 wishes for the Make-A-Wish foundation.
9n1Q TIL that only 15 states in the US require a minimum age for a child to be home alone. Most states go by a child’s maturity rather then age.
9Anr TIL that when numbers are written in a spiral, prime numbers appear along diagonal lines.