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TIL Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight Schrute from The Office, went vegan after his wife rescued two pot-bellied pigs

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R5n49 TIL that thanks to the efforts of Carter Center, the painful guinea worm disease has been reduced from 3.5 million cases a year to 13 in 2022.
R5kY6 TIL That the late character actor Charles Durning, who was a WWII veteran, was not only the sole survivor of a unit during the Normandy invasion but was one of only three men to escape the infamous Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of the Bulge.
VeWm TIL genders of articles affect the way users perceive objects. When asked to describe a “key” (a masculine word in Deutch and feminine in Spanish) Deutch speakers used words like “hard,” “jagged,” “metal,” and Spanish speakers used works like “little,” “lovely,” “shiny,” All testing was in English
ZaYo TIL: Mattel made an Earring Magic Ken doll in 1993, complete with frosted hair, a purple mesh shirt, lavender vest and an earring in his left ear. Dubbed the “Alternative Lifestyle” Ken, the doll was almost completely sold out of stores by Christmas, due to the gay community’s interest.
6ERZJ TIL the earliest of several attempts to ban coffee took place in Mecca 1511 CE. Its effects on the mind were decided to be as intoxicating as alcoholic drinks, and therefore was banned on religious grounds. It was overturned later as coffee has been shown to sharpen instead of dull the senses.