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TIL that sugar isn’t directly bad for your teeth, but rather it creates the perfect environment for bacteria in your mouth to thrive, and they produce acid as a byproduct which IS bad for your teeth.

0d6GL TIL if young alpacas see humans as part of their own herd, they will sniff at your crotch areas or feet, pull shoelaces, rub up against you, or lie down and roll over on your feet like a dog to establish dominance.Very young males mount their mothers while they are seated in imitation of adult males
yVVj8 TIL the iconic Einstein-sticking-his-tongue-out photo was his annoyed reaction to paparazzi goading him to smile on his 72nd birthday. It achieved cult status mostly because Einstein himself asked for a cropped version, ordered many prints and proceeded to send them to friends.
XEoRk TIL the insult of calling liberals "bleeding hearts" was first coined by a columnist who disapproved of politicians trying to stop lynchings
aM5b TIL One of the worst nuclear disasters involved 112,000 Brazilians being inspected after a piece of radiotherapy equipment was stolen. One man wanted to make his wife a ring from the glowing blue powder. She died.
W7RQd TIL Gerhard Domagk’s discovery of the antibacterial properties of Prontosil won him the 1939 Nobel Prize in Medicine but German citizens were forbidden to accept the prize under Hitler. Domagk was forced to reject it by the Gespato before receiving it in 1947 but without the prize money