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TIL that Genetics account for up to 65 percent of tooth decay or other dental predispositions.

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awExy TIL That the Word Galaxy Is Derived From the Greek 'Gala', for Milk. The Name Stems From a Tale in Greek Mythology Where Heras Spills Breast Milk Forming a Band of Light Across the Sky, Which We Now Know Is the Milky Way
kZ4B TIL that in 1961 Belgians, with CIA involvement, ordered the murder of a democratically elected Prime Minister of Congo who just wanted for the Congolese to regain the natural resources still being under foreign control since the colonial times
a8wYM TIL about The Backfire Effect where your brain responds to new information that goes against your worldview as if you were being physically attacked
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