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TIL most sourdough sold in supermarkets and chain bakeries is fake

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Y77Vv TIL that 83% of radiologists missed a gorilla that was inserted into images of the lungs during a nodule detection task.
ANMw4 TIL about Arctic Hysteria (also known as Piblokto), a culture-bound syndrome that mostly affects the female Inuit population. Symptoms include tearing off clothes, running naked through the snow, screaming, throwing things, and performing other wild behaviors.
m4LO TIL that ice cubes found at the Chinese KFC chain were 12 times dirtier than toilet water-and 19 times the national bacteria level standard
MRJ0 TIL there is a term for “cousin killing,” just not a single one because Latin has distinct words for paternal and maternal cousins. They would be “patruelicide” and “sobrinicide” respectively.
yVe0l TIL: Of a fire that has been burning continuously in Rainham, UK for 10 years exposing residents to toxic fumes