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TIL that Pythagoras's bizzare fear of beans is scientifically attributed to the deficiency of an enzyme, Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase.

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yQRD8 TIL Maplewashing is a phenomenon that refers to the alleged tendency of Canadian governments, institutions, and media to perpetuate the notion that Canada is morally superior to other countries, thus sanitizing and concealing negative historical and contemporary actions.
bbWN TIL in 2001 a Los Angeles man, upset at the poor exit signage on the 110 Freeway, modified an overhead sign under the cover of night. Caltrans investigated it, approved of the workmanship, and left it up for eight years.
N7Z01 TIL That when we lose fat weight, it’s primarily done by breathing it out.
OGZyX TIL Neil Armstrong was filmed as he stepped on the moon with a $2.3 million upside-down camera. Westinghouse built for Apollo 11 a special model that the astronaut deployed by pulling a handle near the ladder he climbed down onto the lunar surface. NASA inverted the image for the TV audience.
LQkGZ TIL In 1930 Thomas Edison was at the controls for the first departure of a regular-service electric multiple unit train from the Hoboken Terminal to Montclair New Jersey!