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TIL a mother’s body will adjust to regulate the temperature of a baby held on her chest. If she’s holding twins, each breast will independently adjust temperature.

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V7Pm TIL that the Romans were defeated in 67BC by King Mithridates of Pontus. They ate the hallucinogenic honey that was left behind as a beguiling gift by the Pontian army and were defeated while tripping balls.
vg7D TIL Albertville, France’s electricity is powered by Beaufort cheese. Since whey is unnecessary to make Beaufort cheese, bacteria is added to the whey. This transforms the whey into biogas. This gas is then fed through an engine which heats water to 90°C (194°F) to generate 2800 MWh/yr of electricity
Xj66 TIL scientists recreated a 9th century onion and garlic eye remedy from an Anglo-Saxon manuscript, and found that it killed 90% of antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria (MRSA).
eVoD TIL Dave Chappelle based his character Clayton Bigsby (the black white supremacist) on his own blind grandfather.
v196r TIL that NKOTB’s biggest hit, Step by Step, was actually a cover of a song originally released by The Superiors.