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TIL that the genetic traits that helped people survive the Black Death in the 14th century are linked to autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease today, showing how a historical pandemic shaped the evolution of human immunity genes.

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Ypgp7 TIL bacon & eggs is considered breakfast food thanks to a single marketing campaign by a bacon company.
neeQB Shopkeeper removing the word, ‘Italian’ from the sign above his restaurant in Soho, London during WW II, after anti-Italian riots throughout Britain.
X0n0Q TIL that in 2020, Costco stopped selling Chaokoh coconut milk after reports of forced monkey labor were revealed. Monkeys were allegedly forced to pick coconuts, chained, caged, and had their teeth pulled to prevent resistance. Costco halted purchases and demanded audits to ensure humane practices.
W7O08 TIL when Los Angeles was first founded back on September 4, 1781, it only had 44 residents (known as Los Pobladores) and covered just four square miles
v7D4 TIL of Jack Lucas. He joined the Marines at 13 to fight in WW2, survived a blast after jumping on two grenades to save his team, and later survived a free fall from an airplane after both of his parachutes failed.