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TIL that black beans are a complete source of protein and contain all essential amino acids in the necessary ratios.

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rnjM TIL of the Skoptsy sect, whose members underwent removal of sexual organs due to their belief that they represented the forbidden fruit and original sin
aeg9 TIL that if a Catholic priest reveals anything someone confessed to him for any reason at all, he is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church and can only be forgiven by the Pope.
jNkaX TIL modern bikini (clothing) was named after US nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll in 1946
awa5y TIL That several people have turned themselves blue by drinking colloidal silver for "health"
WkXJ8 TIL the pink fairy armadillo is barely half a foot long, and here is one on video in reduced sunlight foraging around in the sand for roots and grubs on a rural road, and luckily some passersby were able to film it in action. It is native to South America.It mostly active at dawn, dusk, and night.