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TIL Scientists isolated bacterium from a man’s intestines & used it to fatten mice specially bred to resist obesity. The microbe made up 35% of microorganisms in his digestive tract & a diet formulated to kill off those bacteria reduced the levels to below detection. He lost 113 pounds in 23 weeks.

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e9vE TIL that when the Sears catalogue began to be printed on glossy paper instead of “regular” paper, the company received complaints because people found it harder to use as toilet paper
4Xn8N TIL that while pencil cores have never been made of lead, lead poising from pencils was not uncommon. Until recently, paint on the outside of pencils contained high levels of lead that was ingested when people sucked or chewed on their pencils.
dDryZ TIL that Francis Bavier that performed the role of Aunt Bee did not get along with Andy Griffith on The Andy Griffith Show because she resented the role based on her experience in show business.
xVdYw TIL that in 1895 a swarm of Rocky Mountain locust, measuring 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide, blocked out the sun for five days. Thirty years later the locust was extinct.
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