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TIL Loneliness can kill you by ravaging your body and brain.

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k8Nm 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
Y70Mv TIL in 1996 Ali Dia convinced Graham Souness manager of Southampton he was cousin of footballer George Weah and had played with him.He was signed and made his debut against Leeds where he was so bad he had his contract terminated. They later found out he had never played professional football before
M9L7 TIL a neuroscientist plans to perform the world’s first brain transplant using a cryogenically frozen brain and a donor body
pYWQN TIL for every 100 people in a person's life 4 or so are likely to be a psychopath
awDaA TIL about Amy Beechey, a British mother who lost five of her eight sons during WWI. When she was presented to King George V and Queen Mary in April 1918, the Queen thanked her for her sacrifice. She replied: "It was no sacrifice, Ma'am - I did not given them willingly."