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TIL that a middle school-er won an award for her science project, which found that on average 70% of the ice that comes from fast food restaurants is dirtier than toilet water.

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oRN8W TIL that oral health is linked with overall quality of life. Studies show that as periodontal disease progresses, heart and mental health deteriorates.
1aNRD [TIL] that flushing the toilet with the lid down reduces airborne particles and bacteria by up to 50%.
M7G4m TIL that rural Americans used barbed wire to connect their telephones to switchboards since there were no telephone lines.
X79j TIL if the Sun was scaled down to the size of a white blood cell, the Milky way would be the size of the continental United States.
LkGRm Til There’s a Hybrid between a Polar and Grizzly Bear called a “Prizly” or a “Grolar” Bear