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TIL that cooked eggs actually have around twice as much digestible protein as raw eggs.

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BreaW TIL Washington state will be the first state to allow human composting as a form of burial on May 1, 2020.
w1OM TIL that Serbia lost 60% of its male population in WWI. France lost 17%.
8e6AL TIL that Christine Maggiore, founder of the HIV/AIDS denialist group Alive and Well, died of AIDS in 2008.
d8Lwj TIL During World War II, The United States Playing Card Company created a very special deck of cards known as the “Map Deck.” When soaked in water, these decks could be peeled apart to reveal hidden maps that allowed escaping prisoners to find their way to safety.
Opl6 TIL that the reason why development for the male contraceptive RISUG/VaselGel is so slow is because it will directly compete with the female birth-control pills and big pharma does not want that to happen.