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TIL that in an effort to reduce childhood obesity, Belgium substituted beer for soft drinks in school lunches

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VM5LZ TIL of the "Vitamin D Paradox" among black people. Researchers couldn't understand why black folks had better bone health while 80% were chronically Vit D deficient. They discovered black folks make less of a protein which interferes with Vit D. They have less overall but use it more efficiently.
p8akN TIL that puppies instinctively pile together into a heap and become distressed if separated from physical contact with their litter-mates, by even a short distance.
78LkX TIL that in WW2, "unrestricted submarine warfare" - the sinking of merchant ships by submarines without warning - was ordered in response to allied aircraft illegally bombing a Nazi submarine under Red Cross banner openly attempting to rescue survivors of the RMS Laconia.
x6Pdo TIL: Vladimir Lenin's body is preserved and on display
4kmgb TIL in 1970 Robert White successfully transplanted the head of a rhesus monkey onto another decapitated monkey. It survived for eight days, able to smell, hear, see, and move its mouth. But it was paralyzed from the neck down, as White was unable to reconnect the severed spinal cord.