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TIL Vitamin D is a hormone

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BvDb TIL Eritrea, not North Korea, scores as the country with the least media freedom in the world
yQ4oM TIL about Hafrún, a 507 year old clam which holds the distinction of being the oldest individual animal ever discovered. In 2006 it was killed by British researchers who didn't realize it's age.
1WL4 TIL Fanta is available in hundreds of flavors, including “Mushroom,” “Red Tangerine,” “Lychee Soursop,” and “Banana Fermented Milk”
GLKg TIL that in the 1960s, Nichelle Nichols, the black actress that played Uhura in Star Trek, wanted to quit the show. MLK himself talked her out of quitting the role because he believed presenting a black woman working alongside white men would help further the goal of racial equality.
R716j TIL you're not supposed to dispose of coffee grounds, egg shells, potato skins, pasta, & rice in a garbage disposal. Had no idea.