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TIL that microwaving food results in a lower incidence of carcinogenic chemicals than baking or frying, and it does not remove nutrients.

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VMmPQ TIL Janine Turner, the actress that played Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure, is an active member of the Republican Party
X04KR TIL that Jacks in playing cards used to be called Knaves, but they switched to the slang, low-class term "Jack" because it was easier to abbreviate (K was already used for Kings)
rNmZx TIL that in 1889, the Brazilian military, alongside slave-owning elites, organized a coup to overthrow emperor Pedro II for abolishing slavery. In response, a group of freed slaves organized themselves into a militia known as the Black Guard in order to guarantee the safety of the Imperial Family.
xVmrB TIL about Mir Osman Ali Khan, the fifth richest man in the history of mankind - donated 5tons gold to National Defence Funds of India and was using the Jacob Diamond as a paperweight.
R7kAj TIL that after Prussia had it’s army limited to 42,000 men, the King of Prussia enrolled that number of permitted men for a year, then dismissed them and enrolled another group of the same size for the next year, and so on, eventually resulting in having an army of 420,000 trained men