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TIL Nobel winner in Chemistry John Howard Northrop, known for isolating and crystallizing the first bacteriophage, committed suicide

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LkKZm TIL that a newborn is triggered into its first breathe by contractions that reducing oxygen flow through the umbilical, which increases carbon dioxide. The increase of carbon dioxide causes acidosis which triggers the respiratory center of the brain, causing the baby to start using it's lungs.
np19 TIL North and South Dakota are two different states because they couldn’t agree on where the capital should be.
ArZw TIL that wearing jeans is illegal in North Korea.
BrrmK TIL Shelley Duvall from the Shining is struggling with mental illness
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