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TIL breast milk can be used to heal medical conditions such as rashes and ear infections

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GAD0N TIL: Despite being shown rolling in Western Films and in Desert Scenes, Tumbleweed is native to Russia and is an highly invasive species in the United States.
Mlr0 TIL that when a dignitary complained to President Theodore Roosevelt about Alice Roosevelt (his daughter) smoking on top of the White House, Roosevelt replied, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.”
oB9KE TIL that Oxford University tradition is that all students wear a carnation as well as academic dress to their exams. The colour of the carnation is white for the first exam, red for the last and pink for each one in between.
9YdXQ TIL That the Guinness Book of World Records started because a manager of the beer company wanted to know what the fastest game bird ever recorded was and got annoyed when he couldn't find out.
wLXRY TIL About the rarest blood on Earth. In 49 years, Rhnull has only been known in 43 or so people around the world.