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TIL that babies under the age of 1 year should not eat honey because their gut is not developed enough to stop certain harmful bacteria like Clostridium botulinum from infecting the body

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jNaZE TIL of a woman who nearly lost custody of her three children when DNA tests in a paternity test proved her ex-husband was the father, but ruled her out as the mother. She had a rare condition called chimerism, where she absorbed her paternal unborn twin in the womb, and carried two sets of DNA.
BrAor TIL Norman Pilcher, who arrested John Lennon and other rock stars for drug possession in the 1960's, served four years in prison starting in 1973 for fabricating entries in his police diary in the course of a large drug investigation.
5VKD8 TIL original Scary Movie (2000) referenced high schoolers going to Diddy's parties
ewRL TIL that in India, you can only run for local government if you have two or fewer children.
5Vy8n TIL From 2001 to 2006, a Spanish Woman staged 7 fake kidnappings of her children, receiving over 600,000 euros in "ransom" from her husband.