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TIL Sucralose "splenda" in the gut creates Sucralose-6-acetate which is genotoxic and can break up DNA

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6EVZl TIL The FDA tried to regulate vitamin supplements in high doses (>150% DV) due to potential health risks. Regulations were fought by the Vitamin Industry, who then funded a bill preventing all FDA regulation of supplements, which has been law since in 1976.
4kVjb TIL after Hiroshima, the US pledged to destroy all nuclear weapons if one organization was permitted to control all nuclear material and mining operations on Earth under the Baruch Plan
9YYWX TIL that U.S. law states only dead people can appear on currency
78JNL TIL the loudest sound in recorded history came from the volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island Krakatoa.
y8g8 TIL that when Carl McCunn was lost in the Alaskan wilderness and a plane flew low by him, he put his fists up and started to celebrate being rescued, but the plane continued on. The fists were the signal to ‘ALL O.K.’.