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TIL that vegetarians are more likely to suffer from mental disorders than omnivores

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xVA5g TIL The Instant Pot pressure cooker can serve as a laboratory autoclave where more expensive units are not available (E.g. remote labs) or attainable (E.g. lack of funding). It even passes the Geobacillus stearothermophilus spore inactivation test.
4XN1R TIL RPG doesn't actually stand for "Rocket Propelled Grenade", but rather "ruchnoy protivotankovy granatomyot". Which means "hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher".
lYy5 TIL that in 1997 The Hill reported that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee asked NASA officials whether the Mars Pathfinder photographed the U.S. flag that Neil Armstrong had planted on Mars. Her chief of staff wrote a letter to the editor telling them it was racist for them to point out her error.
KO14G TIL Navajo Code Talkers were commended for the skill, speed and accuracy they demonstrated throughout WWII. One officer said, "Were it not for the Navajos the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima". They were also assigned bodyguards to protect them from fellow Americans: or kill them if captured.
dL1K TIL the Kiwi bird lays an egg that can weigh up to a quarter of its body mass. Proportionally, that’s like a chicken laying a one-pound egg or a human giving birth to a four year old.