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TIL black death helped bring about the Italian Renaissance

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xVnRk TIL: that there is no data to show that “blue light” actually harms your eyes and that those blue light glasses are all scams.
XE6OR TIL that street names follow a specific pattern. A Road connects two points. Street is a public way with buildings on both sides. Avenue is a public way often in a city, usually with trees or buildings on the side. Lane is a narrow road, often in a rural area, court ends in a circle or loop
oMNY TIL that Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries till the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own
VO4 TIL there is a Canadian street gang called the United Nations that encourages ethnic diversity
xVj47 TIL that Chuck Yeager, the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight (in 1947), is still alive today and is 95 years old