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TIL peanut allergies plummet by 77% if they're added to babies' diets at 4-6 months of age

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8Vm8 TIL a child that was Bart’s age when The Simpson’s first premiered would now be the same age as Homer.
5YeEp TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe and is thought to spread 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast
6Bm7 TIL that testicles have taste receptors and they are essential for reproduction. In testing with mice, researchers found that when the taste receptors were removed from the mice, the mice became infertile.
NDL8 TIL of a disorder called Aphantasia, people with it cannot see images in their head. Many that have this disorder are completely unaware.
xVGkw TIL about practice babies. In the early to mid 1900s, orphaned babies were lent out to college home economics programs where they were taken care of entirely by groups of students in order to learn child-rearing skills.