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TIL that MSG is not bad and is perfectly safe for you (unless you are mega dozing on it). In fact glutamate is found almost in everything from vegetables to dairy products and is also produced and used by every living being in the biosynthesis of proteins.

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l0KN TIL Simpsons producer Al Jean has stated his plan for the show’s final episode would involve the arrival of the Christmas pageant in the first episode, making the entire series a continuous loop
w9g8 TIL the oldest animal ever was a 507 year old mollusc called Ming. It died because the British researchers who found it didn’t realize how old it was, so they froze it for research purposes
KGR4 TIL Brad Pitt once rented a Mexican Resort, had the power and phone lines cut, and bribed the Mexican government to arrest his friend on drug charges as a practical joke
p8ree TIL of Wilfred Wood, a private serving in the British Army during WW1 who, 100 years ago to the day, single handedly overran 2 enemy encampments using only his Lewis gun and forced the surrender of 300 enemy soldiers. For this bravery, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
9o9Q TIL of “Gish Gallop”, a fallacious debate tactic of drowning your opponent in a flood of individually-weak arguments, that the opponent cannot possibly answer every falsehood in real time. It was named after “Duane Gish”, a prominent member of the creationist movement.