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TIL of Anekantavada, the belief that truth and reality are perceived differently from different points of view, and no single point of view is the complete truth, yet taken together they comprise the complete truth

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5VPpP TIL - Drinking Cold Drinks Can Trigger Heart Attacks In People With Existing Heart Conditions
7ld7 TIL the reason Old World disease killed so many natives in the New World upon colonization was because of the disease’s roots in domesticated animals; while Europeans had centuries of exposure to countless livestock pathogens, natives kept virtually no livestock, so were defenseless against them.
edYD TIL some butterflies are half male and half female, with one colorful wing and one plain wing.
kO8DW TIL that during the Great Depression, companies would print colorful patterns onto flour sacks so that women can make dresses out of them
wLAL8 TIL Martha Stewart dated Sir Anthony Hopkins but ended the relationship after she saw The Silence of the Lambs. She stated she was unable to avoid associating Hopkins with the character of Hannibal Lecter