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TIL of Williams Syndrome, a condition that makes you friendly

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wvAM TIL the genetic make up of your DNA predicts whether or not Cilantro tastes like soap to you. Researchers took DNA samples from 30,000 people and identified the gene OR6A2 as the factor involved in disliking Cilantro.
NXBJN TIL about the "My Way Killings" a social phenomenon in the Philippines that describes a string of 12 unrelated murders between 2002-2012 all related to Frank Sinatra's song My Way.
0j TIL that between 1975-1982, Russia had six probes land on the surface of Venus, surviving temperatures of 855 °F and successfully taking photos
4A8g TIL that Russian leaders take turns between being hairy and being bald, going back as far as 1825.
LDv TIL movie theaters mark up popcorn an average of 1275 percent.