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TIL That babies who are exclusively breastfed for the first three months have up to 30% more cognitive development than those fed exclusively formula

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WkyY9 TIL of Frank Gusenberg, he died of 14 gunshot wounds a few hours after he was shot during the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. When asked who shot him, he replied " No one...nobody shot me." His last words were "I ain't no copper."
newgr TIL a historic Houston restaurant paid their employees salaries for 18 months while they were closed and rebuilding after a catastrophic fire.
LkR6Z TIL that Ecuador uses the U. S. Dollar as its currency.
OGPBe TIL of the 1850 shipwreck of the Jenny Lind on a South Pacific coral reef. 28 people survived for 37 days on a tiny patch of sand because a passenger created a water distillation system from salvaged cookware capable of making 25 gallons a day of freshwater.
N7G8 TIL Sea Otters have a favourite rock, which they store in a pouch under their arm (usually the left)