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TIL that according to the testimony of people who have eaten other people, the taste of human meat does not reflect its beef-like appearance. Serial killers and Polynesian cannibals have described human as being most akin to pork. The taste also depends on how it is prepared and what cut is sampled.

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oBdG7 TIL about Ota Benga - a Congolese man purchased by a white missionary - who was put on display in the Bronx Zoo. He killed himself in 1916.
neJXo TIL sweat glands mature during the first 2 years of life. So people who grew up in warm climates have more active sweat glands than people who grew up in a climate-controlled environment or in cold climates.
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