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TIL about trans-resveratrol, a phytoestrogen which may have either anti-estrogenic or estrogenic effects depending on different situations

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P1KyV TIL that US interstates are numbered in numerical order
xym5 TIL there is a pet penguin named La La in Japan. Everyday he walks into town by himself with a backpack and collects fish from the local fish market.
e08l5 TIL that in Pfeiffer Beach, a purple garnet beach in Big Sur, California, its entirely legal to be completely naked despite state law.
Pmye TIL Liberty, President Gerald Ford’s dog, was trained to create diversions in meetings. If Ford wanted to end a conversation in the Oval Office, he would signal Liberty and she would go to the guest wagging her tail, creating a natural break.
MeNQa TIL that in the 1930s laws were proposed in Massachusetts and St. Louis to ban car radios out of fear that they would distract drivers and cause accidents or even lull a driver to sleep.