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TIL: The Sleeper Hold Works By Cutting Off Blood Flow To The Brain, Causing Unconsciousness in Seconds

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WjWX TIL that crickets have twice the amount of protein ounce for ounce than beef, and three times the amount of iron.
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WkM7o TIL of Yasuke, an east african man who came into the service of Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga as a retainer in 1581 after being brought to Japan with Jesuit missionaries. When they first met Nobunaga had Yasuke's skin washed, believing it was ink only to realise that was Yasuke's natural skin colour
pNk8 TIL that all teas (e.g. black, green, white) come from the same plant camellia sinensis and differ only in the processing methods