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TIL: 34 percent of people in Lebanon are Christian.

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wlYE TIL in the 1960s the FDA mysteriously banned the use of the miracle berry, a fruit which makes sour foods taste sweet and was being developed as a safe alternative to sugar.
VBKMB TIL Raymond Loewy, famed for his design of the Coca-Cola bottle among other work, helped design Skylab. He did so with a few principles in mind: eight hours of daily solitude, meals facing each other, and smooth partitions
VB4LZ TIL: An old english medicine receipt book from the 10th century contains a receipt for eyesalve consisting of vine, garlic, leeks and bile from a cow's stomach. Then it has to sit for 9 days in a brass bowl. Test from 2015 showed it to have a similar effect as modern antibiotics.
l7XA1 TIL If you call 911 by mistake, You should not hang up. Rather you should let the dispatcher know what happened so they know there isn’t an emergency
BgByx TIL that mousqito bites itches because of a venom they pump in before sucking blood to make you not feel anythind. Humans are slightly allergic to the venom, causing the itching. When itching the bite, you break down the particles making the itching sensation worse.