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TIL that as a child, actor Michael Berryman would be teased because of his appearance (he was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth). He would "go to the parents and say your children are brats and tell them they were bad parents".

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9YPQB TIL that the Netherlands is known today as a haven for pedestrians and cyclists, however, in the 1970s, a growing epidemic of traffic deaths led to a national movement called 'Stop the Child Murder.' The results transformed the public spaces and street into some of the safest in the world.
mxX6o TIL JUUL is the only electronic cigarette product found with nicotine concentrations high enough to be toxic in standard cytotoxicity tests. The nicotine found in JUUL products is about 61 milligrams per milliliter of fluid in pods—equivalent to more than one pack of conventional cigarettes.
X04oR TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä
7meM TIL that in 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one of their own satellites, accidentally creating 2,087 pieces of space debris on crazy orbits, all of which are now required to be tracked to avoid space collisions
kOG11 TIL that in the city of Yiwu in eastern China, people were confused how a Chinese couple managed to run a busy restaurant 21 hours a day without getting tired. Locals named them "robot couple restaurant". Turns out the restaurant is run by two couples, both the men and women are identical twins.