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TIL there is a correlation between toilet mold/rings and diabetes due to high blood sugar levels which causes the body to release glucose through the urinal stream, therefore giving more fuel for mold growth.

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grZdX TIL the Interstate Highway Numbers have meanings. Odd Numbers go primarily North-South. Even Numbers go primarily East-West. Adding a 2 (such as 295) usually designates a loop returning to its parent highway (95).
xVpy5 TIL that the writer of "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" banned it from being published with a tune by Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert & Sullivan
x6Oj5 TIL of the “Squeeze”, which was a type of accident in the early days of diving where a catastrophic loss of pressure in the diving suit of the diver. The immense pressure would suck the skin and organs up into the heavy copper diving helmet, leaving the bones and straps of flesh in the diving suit.
168wX TIL that five Asian countries are responsible for 60% of all the ocean's trash.
woPEP TIL Greeks put up protective magic hermai - stone block bearded male heads with genitals "at the appropriate height" - marked crossings, boundaries, outside houses and at public buildings, and were also signposts with distances. Outside Athenian homes hermai were rubbed with olive oil for good luck.