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TIL: The FTC says all Homeopathic “medicine” must label that they do not work.

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ADn8a Today I learned that at the end of the Mexican-American War, there was a popular movement in the US to annex All of Mexico. It was opposed by Congress, mainly because Mexico wasn't white enough.
N79yM TIL - All human infants, male and female, are born capable of producing breast milk. In fact, due to left over endocrine and hormone influences of the pregnant mother, some infants of both sexes lactate in their first few days of life. This is colloquially called "Witch's Milk."
7rk4p TIL while bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleagues confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleagues believed a spy had infiltrated the project.
rMrw TIL that tattoos among sailors became popular in order to help Americans prove their ID to avoid impressment into the Royal Navy. They also helped to identify bodies lost at sea.
YB8v TIL All blue eyed people can be traced back to one person who lived near the Black Sea 10,000 years ago.