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TIL there is a 50,000 word novel without the letter ‘E’

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vr8B TIL breast milk contains tons of complex sugars that we can’t digest. However, when babies drink it, those sugars can be broken down by beneficial bacteria within their gut. So breast milk promotes a healthy microbiome, a crucial health factor.
d8nKd TIL that Boeing made a top secret spy plane named the "Bird of Prey" after the Klingon starship in "Star Trek"
8ebeG TIL People typically fart about 13 to 21 times a day, amounting to ½ to 1½ quarts (0.5 to 1.5 liters), and some people fart more or less often.
VyQ0 TIL cracking your knuckle joints doesn’t give you arthritis. Dr Donald Unger cracked the knuckles on his left hand, twice a day for 50 years but not on his right hand. He proved his mother wrong and received the Ig Nobel Prize for his research
9Y0rX TIL that in The Wizard of OZ, the dog playing Toto made more money than the munchkin actors. The Munchkins earned $50 a week, while the dog earned $125 a week.