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TIL nearly 40% of the medical advice given on the Dr. Oz show has no scientific evidence backing it up.

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VDrm TIL Thousands of shipping containers are lost to the sea each year, and that if the containers cargo weight does not exceed 80% of the containers rated capacity, they will float.
eaBb TIL Former President, President for Life and then Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic ate the flesh of his political enemies.
wLWOo TIL of the Great Oxidation Event when bacteria evolved photosynthesis about 2.4 BYA, generating O2 as a waste product which changed the methane atmosphere, led to planetary cooling, triggered a series of ice ages, a mass extinction event, new minerals, and led to the evolution of multicellular life.
yVBM TIL Since Latin had no general word for “yes”, the French created one out of the latin words for “that is it” (hoc ille>oil>oui) and the Spanish created one out of the latin word “thus” (sic>si)
e0Yv5 TIL Hawaii is the only US state that has no rabies.