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TIL that WHO barred the US-based International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) from taking part in ‘WHO activities setting microbiological or chemical standards for food and water’ because 60 per cent of ILSI’s budget comes from ‘hundreds of chemical, food and drug companies’

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JYrgQ TIL A German study has found the use of lavender oil (Silexan) at 80 mg or 160 mg to be safe and effective for the treatment of anxiety disorders
KO7e4 TIL in the 1970’s the United States government forcibly sterilized as many as 70,000 Native American women, often without consent or knowledge.
4X9g5 TIL that With the recent popularity of "the tiger King" that cats have a parasite called "Toxoplasma gondii" that affects human behavior.
gMjKX TIL that when your skin gets sunburned, it's because your skin cells are basiclly commiting suicide so that they don't becomes cancerous.
epAK5 TIL dub reggae music was made by mistake when King Tubby, Bunny Lee and others were at the Treasure Islands studio and the engineer, while mixing, forgot to put the voice on a track.