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TIL that unlike in North America, eggs are not washed in the UK because the process removes a protective membrane that makes them require refrigeration.

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MerXa TIL that Martin Luther King Jr's autopsy revealed that even though he was only 39 when he died, he had the heart of a 60-year-old man, which was most likely stress-related
LkZRv TIL the stereotype of Native Americans saying "how" as a greeting comes from the Anglicization of the Lakota word "háu", which was used by men to greet other men.
5YwVn TIL of Vin Mariani, a coca (cocaine) wine created in the 1860s; the wine exported to the US had a higher cocaine content than what was sold in Europe to better compete with similar products. Popes Leo XIII and Saint Pius X , US President Grant, and Thomas Edison were all advocates of the wine.
BrWbe TIL Principal Akbar Cook installed a free fully-stocked laundry room at school because students with dirty clothes were bullied and missing 3-5 days of school per month. Attendance rose 10%.
E17ow TIL: about the strange case of Bella the unidentified woman found dead inside a hollow tree in WW2. No one has ever been charged with her murder and no one is sure who she was although rumours speculated that she was a spy, she was killed by witches and that she was a a missing prostitute.