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TIL Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries until the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own.

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X0ZJQ TIL while most people think of elephants and rhinoceros when it comes to poaching for their ivory, hippopotamus are also a victim. Hippos may not have tusks or horns, but their front teeth are made of ivory, which is even harder than an elephants. This greatly contributes to their endangered status.
8dQV TIL Raw Oysters are still alive when you eat them
LkGBr TIL That the leading theory behind disappearance of the Malaysian airlines flight MH370 was that it was a murder suicide orchestrated by the pilot who was suffering from a bout of depression.
neLBB TIL of the 1947 NYC smallpox outbreak, which was stopped through aggressive public health policy led by health commssioner Dr. Israel Weinstein, leaving only 12 infected and 2 dead
v1dG7 TIL Chevy Chase is one of the most hated people in Hollywood. He once accused Terry Sweeny of having AIDS because he was gay, openly mocked Robert Downey Jr's father, told Kevin Smith that he invented everything funny and told a female SNL writer to give him a handjob during a meeting