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TIL Brown rice is the same grain as white rice, it just keeps it's outer hull

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7rlpx TIL that Christmas as we know it (family gatherings, seasonal food & drink, games, festive generosity, even saying Merry Christmas), is largely the result of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Before 1843 Christmas was associated w/ countryside peasant revelry & disconnected from modern city life.
rRwZ0 TIL that when Norway was occupied by the Germans in WW2, the Nazis made the Lebensborn program where Norwegian girls were forced into mating with Nazi officers and having their children. One of the Lebensborn women grew up to be Frida Lyngstad, who was a member of the Swedish band ABBA.
kO645 TIL cutting your time on social media to 30 minutes a day reduces your risk of depression and loneliness
DQNgP TIL that there was a 19th century french man named Jules Verne who predicted multiple future inventions like submarines, helicopters and the internet.
R5ab9 TIL about Effective Altuism. Effective altruism (EA) is a philosophical and social movement that advocates "using evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit others as much as possible". Popular priorities with EA include global health and to the survival of humanity over the long-term future.