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TIL-Tattoo coloring is also what LEGOs are made of.

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8a7J4 TIL the small town of Whittier, Alaska has nearly all of its residents living in one large building. This building (Begich) includes stores, a church, a police station, city offices, a clinic, and more. Kids get to school across the street via an underground tunnel.
0pxA TIL Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world’s food supply each year and Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.
jNPDp TIL The late great musician Prince was a fantastic bowler who could 'throw a strike at will' and wore knee high furry boots while he was doing it
WaA8 TIL when waiters gave mints w/their patrons’ check, their tips increased by 3%. If waiters personally handed 2mints per patron w/check, their tips increased by 14%. Their tips increased by 21% if they handed the mints directly to the patrons w/check, and then came back with more mints later.
QwV6 TIL that the Voynich Manuscript obeys the law of Zipf, making it very plausible that it’s either derived from a real language or is an incredibly advanced hoax.