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TIL scientists discovered the specific molecule in bees' royal jelly (which worker bees feed to larvae) that aids wound healing, called "defensin-1". Compared to a control, a royal jelly trial & a pure defensin-1 promoted healing of wounds on rats.

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epkJ6 TIL that some bra’s can also be used as a gas mask. Kinda funny, kinda genius.
wLN86 TIL: Cows don’t have forward upper teeth.
PvvO TIL Al Lewis, the actor who played Grandpa on The Munsters, had Charles Manson babysit his children
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