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TIL humans have stripes on our bodies which are invisible to the naked eye, called Blaschko’s Lines

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XpO8 TIL: Israel’s history of selling USA’s secrets to China goes back to the 1980’s. China acquired advanced military tech & weapons from Israel then re-exported to Pakistan, Iran, etc. Also, Israeli military companies opened offices in China for sales. CIA said profit was “several billion dollars.”
VBg8p TIL the pope hasn’t watched TV in 32 years.
PYvBL TIL that human penis sizes are not "exceptionally large" for primates, and current findings do not support sexual selection influencing penis size.
0wNDj TIL that the inventors of Hot Wheels (Elliot Handler) and the Barbie dolls (Ruth Handler) were married for over two decades before either toy was invented. Barbie and Ken were named after their children.
9Y9rp TIL about the similarities between Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Both put out three studio albums in four years that changed the trajectory of pop music, were left-handed guitarists, and died at the age of 27.