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TIL that "having the guts to fight" used to mean soldiers being diarrhea-free, and thus able to participate in battle

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OG4YX TIL modern fruit is becoming too sweet for zoo animals after years of genetic modification.
EZ9V TIL Student tuition at Ivy League schools is essentially “Pay what you can,” and free for students whose families make less than $60K/year; the difference is funded by an endowment of donations.
WkemA TIL Lisa Gelobter invented the Gif. Gelobter laid the early groundwork for the program by developing the animation used to produce GIF images.
rNXO4 TIL that the traditional way of proposing to someone in Japan is about miso soup
yRAa TIL that Bethesda was offered to make a Game of Thrones themed Elder Scrolls game but they refused.