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TIL Collapse of Aztec society was linked to an outbreak of salmonella after the Spanish conquest

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EvY0 TIL chimpanzees prefer cooked food over raw food and would even wait for the food to get ‘cooked’.
rNKZd Today I learned that American couples only sleep with 1 duvet, large enough for the the two of them. And not separate ones. And they also have a weird thing called «top sheet»
7rbDp TIL a "Power Ranger" has spent 2 hrs a day helping Tokyo subway riders lug heavy packages and baby strollers up the station stairs, as it has no elevators nor escalators. He said: "Japanese people find it hard to accept help, they feel obligated to the other person, so the mask really helps me out."
VMbgZ TIL The tradition of making a wish when you blow out birthday candles come from the Ancient Greeks, who believed the smoke carried your wishes upwards to the gods.
VEBm TIL Black individuals have been found to report the highest levels of self-esteem of any racial group in the United States