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TIL the hollow stick on(most) lollipops is to prevent choking, allowing air to pass through it even if the stick is swallowed.

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yQyPJ TIL that the Plague of the Middle Ages likeky did not make 10% Europeans resistant to HIV by increasing the frequency of a protective genetic mutation (CCR5-Ä32), scientists DNA tested 4900 year old skeletons and found the mutation was already common in the Bronze Age
OopdY TIL in 2012 wanting a dad was the tenth highest requested Christmas gift by children in the UK.
loxxK TIL that Chicago is called The Windy City, not because of how windy it is, but because it referred to the city's politicians as being "full of hot air"
NRB6 TIL of the Bodo League Massacre, where 100,000 + suspected communists were killed by the South Korean government in 1950. US, Australian, and British officials witnessed and photographed the political genocide.
VWWp TIL That there is no scientific reason for the 21 year old drinking age in the U.S. It exists strictly because if states do not comply, they will lose 10% of their federal highway fund.