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TIL our bodies cannot digest corn, this is why we always see them in our stool

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664X TIL that the U.S. military has banned the use of ‘toe shoes’ because of 'image concerns’
BrJey TIL About Lysenkoism, an agricultural practice that rejected "bourgeois science" and caused multiple famines in China and the Soviet Union.
gM41X TIL that Survivorship Bias creates a false public perception that anyone can achieve great things if they have the ability and make the effort
Z89kv TIL the near-extinction of the American bison was a deliberate plan by the US Army to starve Native Americans into submission. One colonel told a hunter who felt guilty shooting 30 bulls in one trip, "Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.”
0dJWp TIL A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. It rotates incredibly slowly on its axis, taking about 243 Earth days, while it completes an orbit around the Sun in around 225 Earth days.