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TIL: Human breast milk is kosher according to Jewish doctrine

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maEP TIL that on a $500 bet, the first words of the third man on the moon (who was somewhat shorter than Neil Armstrong) were “Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that’s a long one for me.”
ZrnB TIL despite sanctions, ExxonMobil has been (and still is) drilling and producing oil in Russia via a loophole that has since been closed.
okwo TIL machine guns mounted on early propeller aircraft had to be timed to fire bullets through the spinning blades without hitting them
6Eonm TIL that the reason we refer to people as redheads instead of more accurately as “orangeheads” is because both the fruit and the word to describe its color doesn’t enter the English language until the 1300’s.
OjAR TIL Sunscreen is contributing to decline of coral reefs. The damaging effects were seen in coral in concentrations of oxybenzone as low as 62 parts per trillion, which is equivalent to a drop of water in six and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to the researchers.