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TIL Garlic ranks as the #1 antibacterial food. Capsicums (peppers) are only 75% effective

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5VvP TIL They are so good at recycling, Sweden actually imports garbage
l79X1 TIL the Abenaki word for "white man" awanoch is a combination of the words awani meaning "who" and uji meaning "from". Thus, the word for "white man" literally translates to "Who is this man and where does he come from?"
Mm0b TIL the modern word ‘museum’ derives the same Latin term which literally means “a place where the Muses are worshiped”. In mythology, the Muses were the embodiment of all knowledge and inspiration related to literature, science, and the arts.
yebv TIL That North Korea has a zoo which is home to over 5,000 animals, including dogs (which are not permitted as pets due to “health reasons”) and a trained parrot that squawks, in English, “"Long live the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il-sung!”
eaBb TIL Former President, President for Life and then Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic ate the flesh of his political enemies.