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TIL that having a high temperature isn’t necessarily a fever; it is only a fever if caused by cytokine activation

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vr8B TIL breast milk contains tons of complex sugars that we can’t digest. However, when babies drink it, those sugars can be broken down by beneficial bacteria within their gut. So breast milk promotes a healthy microbiome, a crucial health factor.
OGADX TIL that in 2016, Buzz Aldrin explored Antarctica. This was an experience that nearly killed him. Also, after he left NASA, he continued to promote space exploration, and his mom's name was Marion Moon, which was a complete coincident.
7rdWL TIL Brenton Tarrant, the man who live streamed the Christchurch mosque shooting and murdered 51 muslims tried to plead not guilty despite the fact that he was caught red handed.
941r TIL that according to the ‘Copyright Act 1911’ The British Library must receive a copy of every item published or distributed in the United Kingdom (including pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, sheet music and maps) in a practice know as 'legal deposit’, which can be traced back to at least 1610.
Wk6PA TIL that the most accepted heir of the defunct Imperial Throne of Russia is also a decendent of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Both thrones were lost as an effect of World War 1.