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TIL people that don’t ever wear shoes don’t ever get ingrown toenails.

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e06QE TIL: The Belly Button Biodiversity Project. Scientists examined the genetic makeup of the bacterial found in the bellybuttons of 60 volunteers. One individual, who hadn't washed in several years, hosted 2 species of extremophile bacteria that typically thrive in ice caps and thermal vents.
m1Kxy TIL in the Brothers Grimm's original 1812 fairy tale, the Evil Queen planned to eat Snow White's organs to obtain immortality and ordered the Huntsman to assassinate her. Instead, the Huntsman assists Snow White in her escape and deceives the Evil Queen with a pig's organ.
7oMr TIL that Canadian school children take classes on empathy.
PYEAg TIL that azurite was commonly used as a blue pigment in middle age and Renaissance paintings, but it oxidates at some point and turns into malachite. So the blue parts made from azurite in those paintings are now green.
ewWJ TIL that squirrels behave kindly and would adopt orphans if they notice that a relative does not come back to them