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TIL Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'

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xVllb TIL Sari cloth is an effective way to remove cholera from drinking water (99%, according to laboratory studies). Filtering water to free it from microorganisms is practiced among Jains to follow doctrine of non violence, preventing pain to any living creature.
eVNb TIL ‘McRib’ contains over 70 ingredients including a bleaching agent often used in foamed plastics. McRib’s “restructured meat technology” uses proteins extracted from a mixture of tripe, heart, and scalded stomach to bind pork trimmings into a rib-like food item.
awNpJ TIL: in 1956 the French Prime Minister proposed France join the Commonwealth of Nations. The British PM rejected the idea & France went on to join the Treaty of Rome, a forerunner to the present EU
lx9K TIL that talking to yourself may just in fact benefit thinking and perception!
8LBZ TIL that in 1921, 300 affluent black people were massacred when white people rioted and razed “Black Wall Street” - Greenwood, Tulsa.