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R5d49 TIL Buddhists are advised to avoid these herbs (Five Forbidden Pungent Roots), as they tend to disturb the peacefulness of the mind and why is it immoral to eat garlic.
b6pvE TIL that ‘natural products from bacteria (and their derivatives) account for half of all commercially available pharmaceuticals’
dYX9 TIL During WWII American prisoners under German control had a mortality rate of about 1%. American POW’s under Japanese control had a mortality rate of about 37%
jN91a TIL that the finding of a 1,600 year old bog body in England was confused for the body of a woman who disappeared under suspicious circumstances in the 1960s. This caused her ex husband to confess to murdering her. After analysis revealed the body's age, he attempted to recant, but was still jailed.
5VlO9 TIL about the Navajo practice of leaving a small imperfection in every item they create. Since they incorporate part of themselves into anything they make, this imperfection creates a "spirit pathway" that allows their spirit to escape.