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TIL The purpose of the Appendix is actually to protect good bacteria (necessary for proper digestion) in times of illness, so they can repopulate when you are better.

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waxE TIL Engineers used to rely on imprecise calculations with slide rules that only showed three decimal points but designed the Empire State Building, Saturn V rocket with them. As a result, they designed conservatively by making walls thicker and bridges stronger than needed
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