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TIL Canadians eat more Mac and Cheese than any other nationality

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W76dY TIL that the pathogen Streptococcus Group A literally wears the "skin" of red blood cells that it's killed, to camouflage itself from the immune system.
NXVZN TIL there is a suburb of Chicago called "Wauconda" (pronounced like Wakonda) that set the record for the largest snowball fight in 2005 with nearly 3000 participants, beating the previous record set at a Swiss ski resort.
b6v17 TIL the human stomach opens to the body's right. Thus, if you have acid reflux, you should lie on your LEFT, never on your right or on your back.
PY1de TIL Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" enough for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the United States Library of Congress in 2016, the first metal recording to do so.
ADljn TIL Australian Public Service leaders implemented a "blind recruitment" experiment removing all indications of gender and ethnic background on applications in order to increase diversity in the work place. It had the opposite effect, causing less women and minorities to be hired.