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TIL You’re not supposed to rinse toothpaste out of your mouth after brushing because it washes away the flouride.

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d86PZ TIL that researchers at Yale managed to restore some function to disembodied pig brains.
grm59 TIL Jingle Bells was originally written to be a Thanksgiving song and the lyrics don't make any reference to Christmas, instead focusing on sleigh racing.
KOOgG TIL that despite being the 23rd most populated country, the UK's rail network is the 5th most used in the world. Also, unlike comparable countries, its rail use continues to grow and 'improve'.
7ra9P TIL of the unit of measurement, "smoot", which is named after an MIT prank on Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity pledge, Oliver Smoot, whose body was used to measure the Harvard Bridge in 1958. One smoot is 5 foot 7 inches and length of the Harvard Bridge is 364.4 smoots.
W7VEA TIL Australian magpies one of the cleverest birds on Earth once helped each other to remove tracking devices researchers took 6 months to create and put on them. Within 20 minutes, one helping magpie had found the only weak point and snipped to remove the device.