› added 8 months ago

39

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

Read more sciencedirect.com

via reddit.com

loMnN TIL that Helium (He) is the only element on the periodic table that was not discovered on Earth. It was found when analyzing the sun’s spectrum, hence its name which comes from the Greek Titan of the sun, Helios.
A4W7 TIL that Canada has passed a law banning genetic discrimination - when providing a service or signing a contract, among other things - and which is now included within the Canadian Human Rights Act.
KVZw TIL that in the USSR there was group call the League of Militant Atheist who spread atheist propaganda, destroyed churches and helped their government detain and kill religious individuals in Russia.
79Np TIL There is a lake in Tanzania that turns animals into stone.
RQN1 TIL that in 1980, 4 FBI agents went to the Census Bureau’s Colorado Springs office with warrants but were forced to leave. Courts upheld that no agency, including the FBI, has access to Census data.“