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TIL, among other health benefits, wasabi kills e-coli and other food born bacteria.

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yQgrM TIL of a sport named archery tag, a dodgeball-esque game that use foamed tipped arrows
oBAK8 TIL People who are liberals tend to have a more active conflict-related anterior cingulate activity response, which could suggest a better ability to change habitual behaviour.
wkJ1 TIL: The money required to eradicate hunger for everyone in the world has been estimated at 30 billion per year…about as much as the world spends on the military every eight days.
OojLg TIL that the Judgement of Solomon has parallels in many other traditions such as India (where the Buddha asks to two mothers to tug war the child's body)
4kKg TIL that shrimp/prawns caught off the coast of Britain are sent to China to be hand-shelled and are then sent back to Britain to be sold.