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TIL Organic foods advocate J.I. Rodale died on live TV minutes after bragging he’d live to be 100.

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j6oQa TIL that "poetry" is named after the writer Edgar Allen Poe.
erlk TIL Tattoos consist of pigment particles suspended in the skin that are permanent because they are too big to be removed by the body. Laser treatment causes tattoo pigment particles to heat up and fragment into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are then removed by normal body processes.
PYVrJ TIL The history of animated characters wearing white gloves has ties to caricaturing black people, partially inspired from minstrels who often wore them during shows, as well as jazz which influenced many early 1900's cartoons. It was also practical to help distinguish hands from their black bodies.
4XVM6 Til Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong despised each other. Soviet agents claim Stalin had ordered Mao to be fed well during his 10 days visit Moscow. Maos excrement was collected daily for test. Scientists wanted to determine the state of mind of the Chinese leader by examining excrement
NpgJ TIL - Bill Gates wants you to take his ‘favorite course of all time’ for free online