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TIL that breast milk gradually increases in fat content throughout the day, with the highest concentration happening in the middle evening.

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db59 TIL: Steve Sipek, who played Tarzan in “Tarzan And The Brown Prince”, was once saved by a fire on the movie set by a lion who dragged him to safety. Sipek then adopted the lion out of gratitude, and started an animal sanctuary in Florida.
kJ79e TIL menthol causes a subjective nasal decongestant effect without any objective decongestant action, and administration of menthol via a nasal inhaler in humans has also been shown to cause nasal congestion
6EYYm TIL Northern Hemisphere rainwater still contains 3x as much radioactive tritium than Southern Hemisphere rainwater due to atmospheric nuclear bomb tests from the 1960s
WRr9 TIL that more and more researchers are arguing that BMI is not a good measure of healthy body weight.
M7Qx0 TIL on 1962, Mississippi Senate expressed its "complete, entire and utter contempt for the Kennedy administration and its puppet courts" about the integration of Ole Miss, when protesting against the admission of James Meredith