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TIL using hand sanitizer kills off all your good bacteria and increases your body’s absorption of BPA (main chemical in almost all hard plastics)

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rRpnW TIL that almost nothing is known of the social organization or religious beliefs of the people who erected tens of thousands of menhirs (large upright stones) across Europe, Asia and Africa. There is not even any trace of these people's language.
YpgG7 TIL that Steve Jobs named his company "Apple" partially because he wanted it to appear in the phone book before Atari, his former workplace.
ZMeY TIL the reply to the first tweet ever was “f*ck you”
7x5b TIL: if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest cyclist who has never been caught doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher.
KOYE9 TIL Rhino horn is worth MORE than it's weight in Gold or Cocaine.