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TIL that RDAs (Recommended Daily Allowance) were originally developed “as a guide for advising on nutrition problems in connection with national defense”

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d8a7B TIL that the reason we feel compelled sing in the shower is partly because the reverb of the shower boosts the voice, adds more bass, and sounds more powerful, thus boosting the singer's confidence to sing.
mnNM TIL The largest consumer of kale before the 2013 craze was Pizza Hut.The thing is, Pizza Hut used it as decoration for their salad bars.They didn’t even feed it to people.
kJWE4 TIL George Michael worked and re-worked his song "Careless Whisper" for 2 and half year's before finally releasing it. He went thru 8 saxophonists before finally settling on Steve Gregory who was able to play the riff exactly as Michael heard it in his head. The song topped charts in ten countries
XEpLj TIL of Jérôme of Sandy Cove, a mysterious deaf-mute man who was found on a beach in 1863 with both legs amputated above the knee. He never spoke a word for the rest of his life and died in 1912. His origins are still unknown.
DQeDY TIL Miniature horses are allowed to be service animals under the ADA, and are typically used as an alterative to guide dogs.