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TIL of 'Taxus voor hoop', a Dutch initiative to collect pruning leftovers of Yew trees/bushes from gardens to produce cancer treatment drugs

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ZW0B TIL - The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition issued a recommendation for pregnant women to eat more fish, in direct contradiction with the FDA’s guidance. It was later discovered they received a $70k grant from National Fisheries Institute right before issuing that recommendation.
WkZjN TIL The Uto-Aztecan language family, to which the ancient and modern Aztec languages belong, was historically so widespread beyond the Aztec Empire that the language family has speakers as far north as Idaho
1akyV TIL Using headphones for listening to a level like 85 decibels is generally safe for eight hours. A level of 94, 95 decibels will cause potential damages to hearing
wKrW TIL that this week was the first time American Airlines has hired a flight attendant since 9/11
JYva1 TIL in the past century, every year at least one Belgian has died from World War 1 or World War 2 ordinance being accidentally detonated