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TIL the phrase ‘Politically Correct’ was coined by Mao Zedong.

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EgdLP TIL Kraft’s boxed mac and cheese became a hit with hungry Americans during World War II because due to a surplus of cheese, you could get two boxes for one ratio point
0GG1 TIL human breast milk contains sugars (oligosaccharides) intended to feed intestinal bacteria, rather than the infant itself.
1lM8 TIL There is no systematic reporting of violence committed by the police in the US.
6E0WX TIL The Shroud of Turin, the alleged linen cloth covering the burial of Jesus, was closely examined in 1988 in laboratories in Switzerland, England and the United States using carbon-14 dating techniques. The study concluded that it originated in the Middle Ages between 1260 and 1390.
dZAB TIL: Ryan Holle - Sentenced to life in prison for loaning his car to a friend who he thought was getting them fast food. Let’s help him become a free man again!