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TIL Food Babe, Vani Hari believes that if you can't pronounce a chemical name you shouldn't eat it.

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P49G TIL that actor James Doohan was shot six times on D-day after successfully leading his men through a minefield and killing two German snipers. One of the shots to the chest would have been fatal except he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother.
NVeP TIL a black slave called Yasuke was made a samurai by Oda Nobunaga, and was said to have strength greater than 10 men.
JdL4 TIL Martin Van Buren was the only US President to speak english… as a second language
ea1L TIL that although “bitter” has over 40 different receptors on the human tongue, “sweet” only has one. Being able to detect a greater range of “bitter” is evolutionarily advantageous because bitter usually signifies potential toxin.
4jE5 TIL refrigerators have magnetic doors because the old design killed kids.