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TIL that the character, Yajirobe, from the popular manga/anime series, Dragon Ball, killed, cooked and consumed a newborn Namekian.

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YQOG TIL that in the 16th century, Christians called the Anabaptists did not partake in infant baptism, instead believing that only free-willed adults could decide for themselves to be baptized. They were persecuted and killed.
4XpJo TIL that the single oldest complete piece of music is actually from 1400BC. It's known as "Hurrian Hymn No. 6" and an example one can listen to is heavily contested over because it is one of about five "rival decipherments of the notation, each yielding entirely different results".
R47Q TIL: It takes about 1,850 gallons of water to produce one 16 oz. steak.
J1d5v TIL there was a moratorium on the establishment of new US MD-granting institutions from 1980 to 2005, which artificially suppressed the supply of doctors. We're still playing catch-up.
WkaQ9 TIL in a study of over 500 million users on a social media service similar to Twitter, researchers found different users share similar affective states- specifically the correlation of anger among users is significantly higher than that of joy.