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TIL Due to their genes, redheads may need about 20% more anesthesia than non-redheads.

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R7baQ TIL That pencils never actually contained lead, people just called it that cause they thought graphite was a type of lead.
grKvA TIL that bed bugs were first mentioned in ancient Greece as early as 400 BC, and later by Aristotle. Bean leaves have been used historically to trap bedbugs in houses in Eastern Europe. The trichomes on the bean leaves capture the insects by impaling their feet. The leaves are then destroyed.
Bryyy TIL about the Parsley Massacre, in which Dominican soldiers identified and killed thousands of Haitian migrants based on their pronunciation of the Spanish word for parsley.
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BrnVd TIL at the UK State Opening of Parliament, Yeomen of the Guards (Queen's Bodyguards) still check underneath the House of Lords for traces of Gunpowder. It is a tradition that dates back to Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Once they get the all clear they have a ceremonial glass of whiskey