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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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X0XAE TIL in 1962, the US accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs over North Carolina. Fortunately, neither of the bombs detonated.
4N0J TIL that Denzel Washington has never done a sequel to any of his movies, a rare thing in Hollywood these days.
E1WKw TIL that marine plants, such as seaweed and algae, produce 70-80 percent of the oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere
VBAjp TIL Blade Runner 2049 was not the first sequel to Blade Runner. Prior to this film, a 1998 box office bomb called Soldier was produced with the intention of being the sequel. Props from Blade Runner were used even though Soldier's script had gone unproduced for over 15 years before filming began.
L1a0 TIL The Ottoman Empire was still in existence the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.