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TIL Michael Jackson’s iconic glove was used to hide the start of his vitiligo

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ANoZo TIL that McDonalds redesigned their McFlurry cups because hedgehogs used to get stuck in them, and die.
QNXea TIL there's a new metabolic surgery that mitigates the effects of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and obesity in patients that is being done in Mexico (Surgery does not cure diabetes but it does control it.)
Me0KV TIL about Zakynthos, a Greek island that hid it's Jewish residents who otherwise would have went to Auschwitz. It is Europe's only complete surviving Jewish community during the Holocaust.
woeMM TIL that Venus flytraps can count the number of times an insect touches their trigger hairs, helping them optimize their response for energy conservation and effective digestion.
wR11 TIL Philadelphia has a section of railway, home to a heroin epidemic so bad, that even the police have trouble going there due to the horrible conditions.