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TIL 'Detoxing' your body is a myth.

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e0V1E TIL that if a child swallows a button battery, it should be given honey every 10 minutes to minimize internal burning. The honey forms a protective barrier and neutralizes alkaline levels, resulting in less severe and more superficial burns.
7rAAM TIL Americans waste 150,000 tons of food each day – equal to a pound per person. Study found that the healthiest Americans are the most wasteful, because of their high consumption of fruits and vegetables, which are frequently thrown out.
OGPvY TIL-Rain can affect your wireless internet connection due to rain fade, which absorbs some of the signal coming from the transmitter because its wavelengths are at a similar frequency to satellite, WiFi, and 4G and 5G signals.
E18k7 TIL Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street was inspired by an incredibly rude waiter at Oscar’s Salt of the Sea Tavern, where creator Jim Henson and director Jon Stone frequently had lunch together.
4krxN TIL Tug of war was featured at the Summer Olympics 1900 to 1920.