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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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vPxB7 TIL that the Mazda 787B, which won the 1991 24h of Le Mans, was so loud that when driver Volker Weidler lost an earplug while driving, it gave him permanent hearing loss and lifelong balance disorders preventing him from participating in motorsports.
WkWXo TIL the supermarket Lidl released a 21-track compilation album in 2019 featuring common noises found in their stores.
mDgv TIL hundreds of schools collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, killing more than 5000 students. Instead of conducting investigations into the companies responsible, the government threatened and arrested the griefing parents protesting against the death of their children
60DQ TIL it is illegal for a wife to take her husband’s name in Quebec, Canada.
gMbAW TIL that William Shakespeare wrote a play based on an incident in Miguel de Cervantes's 'Don Quixote'. The text is now lost, but there are two plays by later authors suspected of being reworked versions of Shakespeare's original text with the names of the characters changed