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TIL scientists found that descendants of Holocaust survivors developed a stress hormone mutation. They are inherently at higher risk of anxiety and stress disorders as a result of family trauma imparting gene mutations.

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JRAm TIL there is a scale model of the solar system within the Boston area. It spans 10 miles with Earth being 3.2 cm in diameter.
X0jg8 TIL Luigi
R7xpw TIL James Joyce wrote very... passionate love letters to his wife Nora
wLR18 TIL that there are no horror movies in China. They don't have a rating system so "you must make movies that a five year old can watch without feeling scared."
aaQo TIL that a Tokyo-based company invented an in-office machine which turns used copier paper into toilet paper rolls, right in the office.