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TIL Japanese automated toilets can “cause excessive cleanliness, prompting other bacteria to adhere around the anus…”

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M7bxV TIL : if your mouth gets itchy when eating certain fruits or vegetables, you may have Oral Allergy Syndrome
ERZo TIL Bhutan is only carbon negative country in he world, the country emits around 1.5 million tonnes of carbon annually, while its forests absorb over 6 million tonnes. Bhutan is aiming for zero net greenhouse gas emissions, zero-waste by 2030 and to grow 100 percent organic food by 2020
naoP TIL peppermints that you get after meals aren’t only to give you fresh breath, but they also aid in digestion.
VMxm0 TIL: Graham Crackers named for Sylvester Graham, a minister who lived and preached in the first half of the 19th century, carried on a dietary crusade in favor of whole wheat flour, arguing that to separate the bran from the rest of the wheat berry was against the will of God
j66Pa TIL that a species of beetle endemic to Slovenia is being poached by Nazi items collectors because of its name: Anophthalmus hitleri. It was chosen in honor of Adolph Hitler, in 1933, by a German collector, Oskar Scheibel.