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TIL There is no scientific consensus on whether acrylamide (burnt black-looking food) from burnt toast, burnt chips, or crispy potatoes causes cancer.

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p857Z TIL Norman Rockwell's Rosie the Riveter is using a copy of Mein Kampf as a foot rest.
Z4kD TIL of James Fallon, a neuroscientist who studies serial killers, discovered a gene making someone pre-disposed to being a serial killer, then discovered that his brain is mapped very similarly to serial killers, he has the gene, and is descended from a long line of serial killers
D1lGP TIL that in the extinct Aboriginal Mbabaram language, the word for 'dog' is 'dog'. This is purely coincidental as Mbabaram is unrelated to the English language.
4k4KN TIL that the first vacuum cleaners were horse drawn
7XYx TIL: the first use of “Google” as a verb in pop culture (TV) happened on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 2002