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TIL that today’s children could have shorter average life spans than their parents, because so many suffer from obesity.

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BLOb TIL the Statue of Liberty’s star-shaped base is actually an old artillery fort built to protect the NYC harbor.
R7B86 TIL: Egg tempera is a painting medium that uses egg yolk to bind pigments. It was a ubiquitous technique during the early Italian Renaissance, when it was considered the standard for portable easel paintings. Botticelli, Raphael, and Andrew Wyeth all painted with tempera.
l6G7 TIL that plastics don’t dry in the dishwasher because they don’t have enough mass to get hot enough to evaporate water during the drying cycle, like glass and ceramics do.
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