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TIL: Bill Nye’s father was in a POW camp for four years during WWII

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JYrDv TIL that American president Zachary Taylor (in office 1849-50) fell ill and died after consuming copious amounts of raw fruit and iced milk, while attending 4th of July celebrations during a fund-raising event at the Washington Monument then under construction.
Od4Y TIL of pizza farms, an educational farm where the ingredients of pizza are grown in one convenient location
oWrE TIL the A-10 “Warthog” is designed to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator, and half of one wing missing.
JYAm4 TIL that relative to other animals humans are born prematurely and thus can be "socialized to a far greater extent than any other animal". Human babies are highly dependent for YEARS on adults (vs. e.g., kitten leaving mother weeks after birth) and thus can be taught/nurtured for better or worse.
a9NJ TIL the Japanese population is expected to decline from 128,000,000 to 87,000,000 from 2012 to 2060 a decrease of 30%