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TIL Almost all animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans cannot because the gene for this enzyme is defective

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D6LV TIL Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the most incest-friendly royal family in recorded history, and her first two husbands were her younger brothers
GAoOg TIL AIPAC tried to hide evidence that it played a major part in pushing for the Invasion of Iraq in 2003
7rP8L TIL 676 human skulls was unearthed under the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City. These were the first evidence found that the Aztecs sacrificed women and children that they captured from other nations. As of 2017, the bottom of the pile of skulls still hasn't been reached by excavations.
1V8O TIL that the planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed, based on the orbit of Uranus.
gmx8 TIL that since March 2011 over 125 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, blamed on the “cultural genocide” inflicted by the Chinese