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TIL that Black pepper has been used in Indian cooking since 2000 BC and was used as a form of commodity money.

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0wYGL TIL about the human connectome project, a project that maps the neural connections in human brain, just like the human genome project to map the DNA .
6EAl TIL that the US wouldn’t agree to the 1954 Geneva Accords that would allow Vietnam to hold elections and vote for their own leaders. This refusal was a starting point for the Vietnam War.
9w65p TIL that when the Arctic ground squirrel hibernates it's body temperature can reach -2.9 degrees. It can prevent it's blood from freezing by cleansing it's body of ice nucleators which enable the development of ice crystals. This is being studied to help preserve human organs for transplant.
4kLdN TIL that at its peak, AOL / America Online was responsible for 50% of CDs manufactured worldwide
69ydw TIL The passenger death rate for passenger vehicles in the US is 17 times greater than that of trains and 50 times greater than that of buses