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TIL that there is no commercially funded coral snake anti venom in the United States. Production was halted after it was deemed unprofitable.

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4bya TIL people suffering depression tend to literally dream less.
QOJd TIL of “The Mother Dough.” The oldest in the USA can be found at the Boudin Bakery in San Francisco. Over 400 loaves of bread a day are made from a living yeast strain over 160 years old. The yeast/dough mixture doubles in size every day.
rNJR1 TIL that in 2004, a South Korean scientist claimed to have cloned a human embryo and created stem cell lines from it, only for the entire thing to be exposed as an elaborate scientific fraud that rocked the global scientific community.
xVW1w TIL that, in order for the British Army to legally exist, Parliament must pass an act every 5 years. This stems from the Bill of Rights 1689, which forbade a standing army in time of peace without Parliamentary approval.
AaOd TIL That many people who read the word yawn or yawning begin to feel the urge to yawn.