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TIL that kentucky has a population of “blue-skinned” people due to a genetic disorder caused by inbreeding

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XEKgQ TIL biologists found that some dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico decapitate catfish before eating them in order to avoid injury from the catfish skull spines. Biologists studied a sampling of a half-kilometer trail of severed catfish heads bobbing in the wake of a dolphin pod.
1aymW TIL that British police are referred to as "Bobbies" due to the fact that Prime Minister Robert Peel founded the Metropolitan Police Force for London at Scottland Yard.
MQ07 TIL that 74% of men and 64% of women in the U.S. are obese or overweight, according to the National Institutes of Health
8amWP TIL that today, July 2nd, is the exact mid point of the year! 182 days gone, and 182 to go
lodRA TIL Children who suck their thumbs or bite their nails are less likely to have atopic sensitization (a reaction to common food or air born allergen) in childhood and adulthood.