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TIL about Autophagy and that fasting is one of the healthiest thing you can do for your body because it activates Autophagy which prevents illness

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NXAEb TIL Key West declared independence from the United States in 1982, then declared war, then immediately surrendered to apply for foreign aid, after being frustrated by the lack of response from the US government to complaints about a roadblock.
VB1B4 TIL Sea level is dropping around Greenland due to Greenland ice sheet is melting, and therefore there is less mass. Less mass, means less gravity pulling the ocean water toward the coast, and the water level drops.
QNyAe TIL of the The Fort Worth Perfume Panic of 2009, a smell began wafting through a Fort Worth call center that someone quickly recognized as a poisonous carbon monoxide leak. 34 people were hospitalized but no gas leak was ever found. The strange odor that people were complaining about was perfume.
OGQo6 TIL human poop is used as fertilizer on farm fields
ANloB TIL The Earth Is Running Out of Sand, Spurring a Cutthroat Black Market