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TIL young childrens’ negative response to vegetables is an evolved adaptation that reduces risk of exposure to plant toxins

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gEG7 TIL there is a grove of 16 olive trees in Lebanon that are at least 5,000 years old. They still produce olives and you can purchase olive oil made from them.
eJ0D TIL Marlon Brando’s final acting job was voicing Don Corleone in The Godfather video game released in 2006. His recordings were eventually cut because his oxygen tank made too much noise during the audio recordings
D1kep TIL about the Hmong people's exogamous wedding customs . Before he may "zij" (snatch) her, the boy must first give a gift to the girl. After which, the boy may then zij the girl. If the boy never presented a gift, she is allowed to refuse and return home with any family member who comes to save her.
b6Pe4 TIL in 1902, one day after being jailed for a fight, a man named Ludger Sylbaris survived for four days while the pyroclastic flow from Mt. Pelée killed 30,000. His jail cell was a former ammunition storehouse with thick walls and no windows apart from one ventilation shaft.
rNVbW TIL that Enzo Ferrari lived a reserved life. He rarely granted interviews or left his hometown, never went to any Grands Prix outside of Italy after the 1950s, never flew in an aeroplane and never set foot in an elevator