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TIL Rinsing with Xylitol sugar after brushing drastically reduces mouth bacteria

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4X0Mg TIL that Africa's arbitrary borders, which make the continent look like a patchwork and are responsible for many ethnic conflicts up to this day, were "made" at the Berlin Conference (1885) by European leaders.
RyX6 TIL Towers in New York can fake and exaggerate how many floors they have, using tricks like different sets of elevators to hide the missing floors
Eg0dW TIL Africa accounts for just 3% of the world's trade
9YroB TIL the holomovement brings together the holistic principle of "undivided wholeness" with the idea that everything is in a state of process or becoming. In this interpretation of physics wholeness is not considered static, but as a dynamic interconnected process.
GD9J TIL the “tooth fairy” leaves an average of $3.70 per tooth, up 23% since 2012.