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TIL that gut bacteria could very well be manipulating our minds to cause cravings for certain foods they need in order to stay fit– such as lipids and sugars.

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dpEK TIL that after its tourism sector boomed, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister thanked Sacha Baron Cohen in 2012 for the release of Borat after the country saw a 10x increase in issued visas.
mJMP TIL Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb. A Canadian by the name of Henery Woodward did and sold Edison the patent, Edison simply made a few minor tweaks to the invention and stole all the credit.
kJeR4 TIL Your taste buds have a lifespan 👅 Each of your taste buds lives for about 10 days
BrPgK TIL that in 1937, a Michigan dentist stopped two fleeing bank robbers by shooting them with his deer rifle, wounding one in the arm and killing the other with a head shot at a range of almost 150 yards
9YPm6 TIL that coins (originally made from precious metals) have ridges in order to prevent people from shaving down the edges to sell those shavings and use the devalued coins as their original value.