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TIL that oral health is linked with overall quality of life. Studies show that as periodontal disease progresses, heart and mental health deteriorates.

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d8kZK TIL Olfactory adaptation is the reason we are unable to smell ourselves or the stench of our regularly lived environments.
jZJa TIL/Rapper Ervin McKinness tweeted “Drunk af going 120 drifting corners #F***It YOLO” then crashed, and died.
605Z TIL despite the Russian fleet signalling surrender in the Battle of Tsushima, the Japanese navy didn’t get the message and continued firing because they did not have surrender in their codebooks.
wY9M TIL that the Gingko biloba tree species is 270 million years old, rarely suffers disease or insect attack and was one of the only living things to survive the Hiroshima nuclear bombing - the trees healed quickly and are still alive today.
WaYd TIL there’s a mushroom nicknamed “Chicken of the Woods” that tastes like, you guessed it, chicken (or sometimes crab or lobster)