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TIL Albert Einstein and his first wife had a daughter, but no one seems to know what happened to her after she was a year old.

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m1pvO TIL of Haitian mud cookies or bonbon te. The cookies — made of dirt, butter and salt — hold little nutritional value, but manage to keep dirt poor Haitians alive. Still on a per capita basis, Haiti is richer than countries like Pakistan, Nigeria, or the Congo. The taste of dirt lingers for ho urs.
nMgP TIL that George Washington Carver did not actually invent peanut butter. Peanut butter has been around since as early as the Aztecs.
v1Yg8 TIL: a man accused of swallowing narcotics, went an incredible 47 days in custody without any bowel movements, leading to his release
Wo8 TIL There has been one person who has been completely cured of HIV/AIDS
R15j TIL that scientists now have the ability to grow conductive wires inside real roses, allowing the leaves to be darkened or lightened with a zap of electricity.