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TIL a study found applying Petroleum Jelly to a newborn for the first six to eight months of life was enough to drastically cut the risk of them developing eczema. They believe it may even ease the development of food allergies in certain instances.

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VBENm TIL that a prison riot in 1985 on Spike Island near Cork, Ireland, ended after a mother of a prisoner heard what was happening, came to the island,& roared at her son through a megaphone after he had been on a roof for hours; it took only a few minutes of shouting & the remaining prisoners came down
LQpMQ TIL the reason that Tokyo doesn’t have any public bins is because of the Tokyo subway sarin attack
781QL TIL you cannot drive between Panama and Colombia due to the Darién Gap
E1G8d TIL Daniel Kish is a blind man who taught himself to navigate by echolocation (like bats) by making swift clicking sounds that reflected from objects around him. Using these reflected sounds, he makes a mental image of his surroundings. He now trains others to 'see' the world like he does.
0B51 TIL of former billionaire Chuck Feeney who secretly gave away his $8 billion fortune over many years until a business dispute inadvertently revealed his identity. He gave away his last $7 million in 2016.