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TIL the average color of light in the universe is a shade of beige dubbed “Cosmic Latte”

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7rL7x TIL Orlistat (Alli), a drug designed to block the absorption of dietary fats. It won the Bitter Pill Award for worst drug with numerous side-effects like fecal leakage and oily spotting along with that it really didn't work..
0mrM TIL that Erik The Red deliberately gave Greenland a more appealing name than “Iceland” in order to lure potential settlers. It worked.
jXYN TIL that John Lennon beat a man close to death because of a gay joke
vPAN4 TIL that bombardier beetles defend themselves by creating a chemical reaction inside their bodies that heats a spray to near boiling and explosively shoots it at predators.
rRK0x TIL During pregnancy, the baby growing in its mother’s womb needs plenty of calcium to develop its skeleton. If the mother doesn’t get enough calcium, her baby will draw what it needs from the mother’s bones. Women often lose 3 to 5 percent of their bone mass during breastfeeding, and recover after