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TIL Mick Jagger has a great-grandchild that is older than his youngest child.

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WkkMY TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes saying “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected” & waited for ~a minute before telling the audience that the bugs were malaria-free.
dDW98 TIL that there is restaurant in Beijing that specialises in preparing dishes from the genitals (penises and testicles) of male animals.
VMoXk TIL that Some of Moscow’s stray dogs have figured out how to use the city’s immense and complex subway system, getting on and off at their regular stops. In the morning they travel into city to scavenge for food and catch the train back home in the evening.
OKXe TIL: Louis C.K. had to learn english when he came from Mexico and has dual Mexican-American citizenship.
yapp TIL the fortune cookie was created by Japanese Americans and originally associated with Japanese food. In WWII, Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps and Chinese American manufacturers took control of the market, which is why today fortune cookies are associated with Chinese food.