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TIL that a mild fever can actually be helpful - it’s your body’s way of trying to kill the virus/bacteria that’s infecting you by heat

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yw1M TIL: That Anne Frank only assumed that her father was killed in the concentration camps and that a childhood friend of hers stated that if she knew he was still alive she believed Anne would have summoned the courage to survive
wNpY TIL of tetrachromats, people who have four different cone cells instead of three, allowing them to see a hundred times more colours than normal trichromats.
DW0e TIL Barbers have historically often served as surgeons and dentists and were paid accordingly. The barber pole, featuring red and white spiraling stripes, symbolized different aspects of the craft.
nexPB TIL that not only would you need an infinite energy source to reach the speed of light, you would also need an infinite energy source to slow down from the speed of light once you were going that fast.
jKRj TIL there has been an ongoing boycott against Nestlé since 1977 protesting their promotion of baby formula in developing countries