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TIL Breastmilk has immune-boosting components that are dynamic in responding to your baby’s needs—from age to time of day and even illness.

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xV0rg TIL I learned that George Washington Carver, the "Peanut Guy", was also the first black American to receive a bachelors degree in the US in 1894. He also discovered dozens of new use cases from sweet potatoes. So he was so much more than just a peanut guy! Powerful black history facts.
RNg8 TIL Janis Joplin left money in her will for a funeral party - the Grateful Dead performed
b077 TIL in June 1984 the prime minister of New Zealand, Robert Muldoon, drunkenly announced on national television that a snap election was to be held in a month’s time. With 93.7% of voters turning out for the election, he lost. The occasion is sometimes remembered as the ‘Schnapps election’.
WJR8 TIL America buys old Soviet warheads to convert to nuclear energy, providing 50% of their nuclear energy.
KNn4 TIL that the “there are people starving in Africa so your suffering is invalid” argument has a name: Fallacy of relative privation