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TIL All modern penicillin can be traced back to a single moldy cantaloupe from a small grocery store in Peoria, Illinois

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eZZ6 TIL Mr. Rogers’ mother knitted every sweater he wore on the show.
A4W7 TIL that Canada has passed a law banning genetic discrimination - when providing a service or signing a contract, among other things - and which is now included within the Canadian Human Rights Act.
pWAb TIL Coffee company Nescafe add a formulated coffee aroma to the top of instant coffee jars before sealing them so that you get that ‘fresh coffee’ smell when you open the jar the first time.
Oo741 TIL fish pee from their gills and the reefs they pee on thrive because of it.
lo1lK TIL: about Tim Ballard, who left his job as a special agent for Homeland security and created an organization focusing solely on child Trafficking. To this day, he has saved 1000s' of victims and has arrested over 750 Traffuckers. and oh Yea, he also writes books