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TIL dark chocolate (70% cacao or more) and cheese actually protect your teeth.

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xVyl0 TIL In the wild, giraffes almost never lie down because of vulnerability to predators. They usually sleep standing, sometimes sitting, and they give birth standing up. When giraffes sleep, they curl their necks and sleep for about five minutes at a time, sleeping no more than 30 minutes a day.
8awJK TIL That Americans eat 100 acres of pizza everyday Thats 350 slices every second!
j6BEX TIL there was a Hobbit-like tribe of humans called Homo floresiensis who grew to no more than 1m tall. They lived 190,000-60,000 years ago on the island of Flores, Indonesia and have not been linked to homo sapiens anywhere else in the world.
jPoQ TIL There is a gemstone that has better brilliance, more fire, tougher, rarer and much cheaper than a Diamond: Moissanite
9YL0r TIL James and Betty Jones learned what a James Beard Award was on the day that they won one.