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TIL that almost three quarters of all of Kenya’s athletics come from one tribe, the Kalenjins

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j9ba TIL there are people who think the standardized intonation of music (A=440Hz) is inharmonious with the universe and should be changed to A=432Hz, which shares resonance properties with the world around us.
ryBd TIL that during the Ming dynasty (approx. 1570), powdered Smallpox scabs were blown up the noses of the healthy. The patients would then develop a mild case of the disease, but were immune to it from then on.
a8oxJ TIL when a hive loses its queen, a common larvae is fed special food, Royal Jelly, triggering a biological transformation, giving her a larger body, functional ovaries, and a longer lifespan. DNA does not determine her destiny, it's nutrition.
XEEgP The answer isn't so simple.
oBKgo TIL On August 26, 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughn described a disturbing dream to his band mates in which he witnessed his own funeral. The next day, he tragically died in a helicopter crash.