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TIL That iodine deficiency currently affects around 2 billion people and is the leading preventable cause of intellectual disability.

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AY9o TIL the United States was secretly listening in as Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov burned alive on reentry, crying in rage at the Engineers who designed and built his faulty space capsule.
RE5l TIL since 1967 there has always been a plane in the air above the US which has the ability to retarget and launch nuclear missiles without the crew in the underground missile silos being involved.
XQ4E TIL in 1834 a 22-year old milkmaid from the swedish countryside was arrested in Stockholm for distrupting traffic by gathering large crowds with her beauty. Once released her beauty was so famous that it became a necessity for trendy aristocrats to pay her to display herself in their salons.
JYJ8j TIL that Queen Elizabeth has two birthdays: her actual date of birth and her "official" birthday. On her official birthday she is joined by members of the royal family for the Trooping the Colour parade. Btw, Happy actual 94th Birthday to the Queen today!
l7PKN TIL: Researchers Joseph and Charles Vacanti grew a human "ear" seeded from implanted cow cartilage cells on the back of a living mouse to explore the possibility of fabricating body parts for plastic and reconstructive surgery