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TIL that some non-redheaded men have red beards because they have one copy of the MC1R gene. Two copies would make them fully redheads

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kWp1 TIL The inventor of the Super Soaker water gun was a NASA scientist who helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
4VDg TIL Christian Slater made the lowest grossing movie of 2012: $264 from 33 tickets sold
Xxyj TIL the Onion was nearly sued out of existence by Janet Jackson for running an article titled “Dying Boy Gets Wish: To Pork Janet Jackson”
Z8plB TIL Aseeda is a high-energy food made from millet or cassava eaten at most meals in Darfur where ongoing genocide has had a devastating effect on food and agriculture. Aseeda is often eaten with a stew or curry containing okra
gGnb TIL the North and South Poles have no official time zones. In the North, countries which have research stations follow their respective countries’ times. The South Pole has only one research station (US-owned), and they use New Zealand time because researchers fly in from Christchurch.