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TIL that most of the benefits attributed to breastfeeding disappear when racial and socioeconomic disparities are accounted for.

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XEn06 TIL in 2014, rollercoaster thrill-seekers were showered in blood after the ride decapitated a deer which ran onto the tracks. The Ultimate, the 2nd longest in the world at 7,442 ft / 1.4 miles, mostly hugs the hilly land at ground level, this was the second deer death (Yorkshire, England)
a8XeL TIL due to the Dust Bowl (period of severe dust storms that damaged the ecology and agriculture across North America), the 1930s were referred to as the Dirty Thirties in the US
0wnkN TIL the 1979 film Caligula, known for its explicit content, is the only feature film produced by the men's magazine Penthouse, hiring Penthouse Pets as extras in unsimulated sex scenes. A critical failure upon release, it is one of the few films critic Roger Ebert walked out of.
m1bDy TIL that the introduction of Golden Apple snails (a prolific invasive species from South America) has led to an increase in the population of Asian Openbill storks in South and Southeast Asia
80jX TIL the first commercially successful typewriter was built by an arms manufacturer and looked like a sewing machine