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TIL that actress Catherine O'Hara (Home Alone, Christopher Guest mockumentaries) has situs inversus, a rare condition where organs are mirrored from the typical left/right positions in humans.

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8aJ1b TIl that in New Delhi (India) if trees fall sick, an ambulance is dispatched to treat them. This came into effect in 2009 and takes four people to do the job.
lDxK TIL that only a very small percentage of people are thought to be gluten intolerant, but those and IBS symptoms might actually be related FODMAPS- a group of fermentable carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed by gut bacteria.
wY0o TIL, in Canada, there is a higher age of consent for anal sex in unmarried couples: 18 instead of 16.
rNXQw TIL that the world record for the longest cutscene in gaming history is the epilouge cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 4 with a length of 71 minutes. Second place is the pre-final battle cutscene for the game Star Ocean: The Last Hope with a length of 46 minutes.
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