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TIL that young children biologically have a higher tolerance for sugar and there’s virtually no limit on how much sugar they can handle

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e0rJ TIL Ayn Rand encouraged her followers to vote against Ronald Reagan because he wasn’t pro-choice
plb8 TIL that the inventor of Vaseline was such a firm believer in its medicinal properties that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it a day; During a bout of pleurisy in his 50s, he ordered his nurse to cover him from head to toe in the substance, and soon recovered. He lived to be 94.
kOvpe TIL The french legal system does not recognize the concept of races, and uses the expression "prétendue race" (so-called race, assumed race) instead.
ExxV TIL the Montreal style bagel is smaller, sweeter and denser than the New York (or Brooklyn) style bagel and has a larger hole. It contains malt, but no sugar or salt (unlike the New York style) and is boiled in honey-sweetened water before being baked in a wood-fired oven.
4knn5 TIL of William Walker, an American physician, lawyer, journalist, mercenary, slavery supporter, and Southern folk hero from from Tennessee. Walker seized control of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857, and convinced many U.S. Southerners of the desirability of creating a Confederate empire in Latin America.