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TIL there is no such thing as "Nitrate free" bacon or other preserved meat. If they claim this they probably substitute Celery Salt which has sodium nitrate as well and can cause cancer all the same.

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5VMY9 TIL of Point Nemo- the place in the ocean that is farthest from land, located in the South Pacific Ocean. If you were to fall overboard, the closest human beings to you would be astronauts aboard the International Space Station when it passes overhead
W7LjN TIL some insomniacs may have nights of "sleep misperception", where it feels like you were awake all night but you actually slept for hours.
Q6KM TIL that Valery Spiridonov, a 31 year old man who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman’s - a muscle-wasting disease which has left him in a wheelchair, has volunteered to partake in the world’s first head transplant which will take place as early as December of 2017.
nemZG TIL that Cutter (a division of Bayer) knowingly sold blood tainted with the HIV virus to Taiwan, Malaysia, Argentina, China, and other "less developed countries", effectively infecting thousands of hemophiliacs with HIV.
6xKZ TIL…..There is a 3.4 acre indoor Biosphere in Oracle, Arizona that researchers lived in for 2 years and 20 months to see what living on Mars would be like. There are 5 biome areas; a rainforest, ocean, wetlands, savannah grassland, fog desert, and agricultural system. As well as a human habitat.