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TIL the ancient Romans made a poison artificial sweetener out of lead

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VMKX0 TIL that geese are one of the oldest groups of birds, having changed very little from the age of the dinosaurs. Relying on water for food and burrows for nesting is thought to have played a big part in surviving the K-T extinction.
6EM0X TIL that payday loans can charge over 600% interest! I can’t believe this is legal and that anyone could vote against making it illegal.
5YXrp TIL of Normal Borlaug, the man who saved a billion lives. In the 1970's, he developed a new strain of wheat that was heavily disease resistant and could grow in very arid conditions. Between 1965 and 1970, Pakistan, Mexico, and India more than doubled their food supplies.
LkQeZ TIL there’s a museum in Amsterdam that houses deformed human embryos and other such abnormalities
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