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TIL Christopher Lee's mother was an Italian Countess.

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aO5J TIL KitKats are considered to be good luck in Japan because the Japanese reading of “KitKat”, “kitto katto”, sounds similar to “kitto katsu”, a phrase which translates to “surely win”
Bg8ly TIL a hearing test for human babies was developed based on a study on how owls hear. The pupils in both owls and humans dilate when a new sound is heard
ADova TIL Nova Roma is an international Roman revivalist and reconstructionist organization, later incorporated as a non-profit organization with an educational and religious mission. It claims to promote "the restoration of classical Roman religion, culture, and virtues" and "shared Roman ideals".
NXgP TIL that Charles Darwin married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood, and together they had ten children.
5YY6p Never. We're probably stuck with our appendix, pinky toes, tailbone and just about all of our other evolutionary holdovers.