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TIL King Tut's dagger was made from a meteorite.

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6EQOl TIL Pregnant women that frequently consumed diet beverages with artificial sweeteners were two times more likely to have babies who were overweight or obese at one year after birth. Also artificial sweeteners weaken the link in our brains between sweetness and calories which can lead to weight gain.
RlV1 TIL in Assassin’s Creed every named character you kill is not only a real historical figure, but their death in the game is in the same year and location as their death IRL.
xW87 TIL the reason we see stars/shapes when we rub our eyes is because our brain doesnt know the difference between light and pressure when either stimulates the cells in our eyes
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86j8 TIL that during the 1918 flu pandemic, 62 Boston prisoners volunteered to be injected with infected tissue and sprayed with infectious aerosols with a promise of release if they survived. All of the prisoners lived, but the ward doctor died soon after.