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TIL miso soup combats the harmful effects of radiation exposure

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W7BbB TIL that while Avocados are mostly used in savory dishes in the West, they’re often enjoyed as desserts in Southeast Asia
1VoW TIL that chainsaw resistant clothing exists. When the chainsaw touches the fabric, it cuts thru the outer shell. Inside are long Kevlar fibers that are designed to be pulled into the saw and jam it, preventing further injury.
LkDjZ TIL: In T2, Judgment day, T1000 played by Robert Patrick was so fast at running as the T2, he actually caught John Conner multiple times.
oBG7 TIL when Radiohead’s album Kid A appeared on Napster a month before it was due to release, Thom Yorke responded with “It encourages enthusiasm for music in a way that the music industry has long forgotten to do.”
gM5Kb TIL the rainbow grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor) is native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico. When threatened, it exhibits aposematism or warning coloration to mimic brightly colored stinkbugs which lizards avoid. Studies show that birds find rainbow grasshoppers to be distasteful.