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TIL Lesbians are four times as likely as their heterosexual counterparts to own a Subaru

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NDne TIL a Master-Level NY Baker claims he was fired after reporting to his employer the that flour used for making bread was infested with insects. His boss told him to just go ahead and use the infested flour for multi-grain bread, presumably because customers would not be concerned about the crunch.
ADjya TIL Baby horses are born with "feathers", AKA faery fingers or golden slippers (real name eponychium). They protect the mother's uterus during gestation and birth canal during parturition from damage from the otherwise sharp and dangerous hoof kicks. They harden and fall off very soon after birth.
loAX1 TIL that Filipino churches built during Spain's colonial period used millions of egg whites in the concrete to make it more durable. This is also why Filipino desserts often use lots of egg yolks- many were developed to use up all the extra yolks from construction projects.
yVBmp TIL about aaa, a constellation of urological problems described on multiple ancient Egyptian medical papyri. Many archaeologists believe aaa was what is now known as urinary schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection.
eBJn TIL that the average person only knows about 150 people at any given time.