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TIL that 75% of Australia’s living species are still unknown to man

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XA76 TIL that because a large number of black males are unable to shave without severe irritation, Domino’s was found in violation of the 1991 Civil Rights Act by requiring all their employees to be cleanly-shaven.
byap TIL that humans can breath liquid. 1989 human trials in Philadelphia administered total liquid ventilation to near-death infants, who improved remarkably and showed that their lungs could comply to the liquid.
9Y0dB TIL of a "pineberry", a white hybrid of the strawberry. It looks just like one, but has the taste of a pineapple. It had been "rescued" by Dutch farmers, and later on, commercially sold in the 2010's. At the moment, they're grown (only) in Japan. They're ~$10.00 per berry.
698ZQ TIL that the first native English speaker to teach English in Japan was half-Native
9lXr TIL Winston Churchill once defined tact as “the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such as way that they look forward to the trip.”