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TIL that no significant nutritional differences exist between foods prepared by conventional and microwave methods.

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B00y TIL that Jews and Christians are considered “protected minorities” in Iran, and have seats reserved for them in the Iranian Parliament.
5Y6B TIL that stoplights are yellow 1 second for every 10 MPH of the posted speed limit.
ADYRa TIL that the family of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do not believe that James Earl Ray assassinated King and that the Mafia, local, state and federal government agencies were involved. They even urged for Ray be granted a new trial.
jNWDa TIL the King's doctor Johann Struensee seized power for over a year in 18th century Denmark. He managed to abolish slavery, abolish censorship of the press, and have an affair with the Queen before being ousted and executed in 1772
xVD1k TIL of the Octopus Stinkhorn. The fungus erupts from the egg by forming into four to seven elongated slender arms. The arms unfold to reveal a pinkish-red interior covered with a dark-olive spore-containing gleba. In maturity it smells like putrid flesh.