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TIL that zebra stripes are an evolutionary response to horseflies

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J1Ra1 TIL there is a province in Italy where 62% of the population uses German as their first language
R7d7 TIL on OKCupid, amongst all racial groups, white females are most likely to strongly prefer to date someone of their own skin color by a huge margin.
ADPmx TIL That Analeigh Tipton, a main character in Crazy Stupid Love, was once sold to a Saudi Arabian prince as a sex slave by traffickers posing as modeling agents. She escaped the situation before the deal was finalized.
oQ7o TIL Tokyo has the most Michelin-starred restaurants of any city in the world.
vyw7 TIL The US has used the children’s song “I Love You” by Barney the Purple Dinosaur as a form of torture in Guantanamo Bay