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TIL that some people in the US Midwest call bell peppers “mangoes”

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epd8L TIL Glyphosate exposure appears to have negative effects on tight junction proteins and intestinal barrier function AKA "Leaky Gut" - More evidence of the non-target effects of Roundup on the mammalian gut microbiome.
N7Mb TIL that a star called R136a1 is the most massive (265 solar masses) and most luminous (8,700,000 times the luminosity of the Sun) star known.
epmkk TIL that 35% of cases of borderline personality disorder are hereditary.
1ay7 TIL birds are the reason we don’t have giant spiders and insects. Thanks birds.
x6LA0 TIL in 1999, to promote Pokemon: The First Movie, Burger King released a Poke Ball toy that was a suffocation hazard and killed two small children. BK initially refused to do a recall, but later responded with a $1 million recall campaign.