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TIL: Apparently, plaque on our teeth is the poop from the bacteria in our mouths. Thats why when you brush your teeth before going to bed, when you wake up your breath smells so bad even though you didnt eat anything while you were asleep. Bacteria has been pooping there all night! Brush your teeth!

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b9N89 TIL that works by Martin Luther King, Ralph Ellison, Carl Jung, Timothy Leary, and more, including the original Mary Poppins and Pink Panther movies, would have entered the public domain in 2021 if the United States hadn't started extending copyright terms in 1976.
1aWlP TIL Admiral Karl Dönitz would contact U-boats under his command up to 70 times a day to ask them about their position, fuel levels, and other minutiae. This frequent contact between Dönitz & his U-boats helped the Allies to break German ciphers
BeVL TIL that a live nuclear bomb was ejected over the coast of Georgia, USA. The B-47 plane carrying it was hit by another plane, and the bomb was ejected to prevent detonation during the crash. The bomb was never found and still lies somewhere near the coast.
OGxL TIL Israel is approximately the 20th most atheist/agnostic nation on Earth
8PRa TIL Sugar Ray Robinson dreamed he was going to kill an opponent during a match. As a result, he decided to pull out of the fight. However, a priest and a minister convinced him to go ahead. Jimmy Doyle died later that night due to injuries resulting from the bout.