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TIL breastfeeding not only has many traditionally known benefits, such as weight loss and maternal bonding, but is also linked to a decrease in maternal risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

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LkldZ TIL the English word weird originally meant 'having the power to control fate', which is why Shakespeare named his witches in Macbeth The Weird Sisters. Later depictions of them dressed in odd and strange ways led to the current definition of the word.
m1KmP TIL the English word for Trombone used to be Sackbut
1aNNW TIL: Several actors had their roles shrunk or completely cut out of the film "The Thin Red Line" in post production. Adrian Brody went from the lead to only two lines of dialog, 3 hours of narration by Billy Bob Thornton was never used, and Mickey Rourke can only be found in the DVD extras.
6RXm TIL that Canada has a free service to return lost keys to their owners - so far over 1.5 million keys have been returned
Oo566 TIL that medieval dentists knew how to fill cavities, treat facial fractures, could spot oral cancer, and even knew the basics of whitening teeth. Evidence also suggests they knew how to create dentures out of cow bone and human teeth.