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TIL I learned the church of scientology had a troubled teen program like the turn about ranch

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KOdoJ TIL Acne is caused because we evolved to lose body hair faster than our glands adapted, meaning they produce oil to lubricate hair that isn't there resulting in a build up.
j6onR TIL in 1940, the UK proposed a UK-France merger, so the countries would be seen as a single country for the duration of WW2. This included shared citizenship, resources, defence, and policies. If the proposal was made just a few days earlier, there is belief it would have been carefully considered.
Br8e TIL that the “taste bud map” that we were all taught in school was disproved in 1974 but they continue to teach it because it is easier then changing it..
QNdp9 TIL that in 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a horse race at Belmont Park while being dead. He suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle, and the horse crossed the finish line in first place.
ADYAl TIL there are radioactive elements called "bone seekers" because they are chemically similar to calcium and the body tries to use them to build bones.