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TIL the guy who succeeded Isaac Newton as President of the Royal Society was the man who invented chocolate milk.

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MeoZb TIL Although widely taught in schools, Tongue Map or Taste Map has been scientifically disproven by later research; all taste sensations come from all regions of the tongue, although different parts are more sensitive to certain tastes.
QJxee TIL of Myrtle Corbin, a woman born with two pairs of legs and two sets of internal and external reproductive anatomies, who gave birth to five children in her lifetime and had no major health issues, living to the age of 59
yBA8 TIL that gagging when we see someone else vomiting is actually an evolved trait among primates. Humans would forage for food in groups. If any member of the group had an adverse reaction due to toxins in the food, it would be advantageous for the other members to take it out of their system too.
kJdM7 TIL that there's an Egyptian Hieroglyph unicode bock! And it has many interesting characters! 𓂺