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TIL Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells

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wRkE TIL A breastfeeding son “spotted cancer” in mother by refusing to feed from breast with cyst.
M7Qv7 TIL The classic dessert Creme Brulee is at least 700 years old with the first mention in a 14th century cook book. The recipe included a custard cream, over which sugar was poured and burnt with a hot iron rod. It was called Crema Catalan and is nearly identical to the modern Creme Brulee.
BrYrb TIL that women are naturally more affected by alcohol than men because they don't produce an enzyme in their stomachs that starts metabolization early like men do.
yQMGw TIL infamous Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger was fed LSD daily by the CIA while in prison
NjyE TIL a nude photographer got around censorship by painting an “abstract art” piece which was really a QR code to his original pictures.