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TIL that having excessive body hair is linked to having higher intellect

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GApEN TIL That speeding fines in Finland are dependent on the offender's income
Y7L4Z TIL that in the battle of Changping between the state of Qin and Zhao during China's warring states period. After emerging victorious from the battle, Qin's commander - Bai Qi ordered his soldiers to massacre almost all of the Zhao's prisoners of war - some 400.000 of them.
1NJX TIL that in 1941, more than three million cars were manufactured in the United States. Only 139 more were made during the entire war. Ford turned out one B-24 bomber every 63 minutes for 24 hours a day.
m1LXM TIL about Theseus, a robotic mouse created by Claude Shannon in the 1950s, which could learn to navigate mazes using telephone relay switches, marking one of the first instances of machine learning. Theseus helped researchers better understand routing in telephone networks of that era.
kOwdB TIL of Harry Yee, a Hawaiian bartender who created the Blue Hawaiian drink, was the first person to use paper parasols and orchids in mixed drinks, and helped popularize Tiki culture in the United States. He started bartending in 1952 and is still alive today at the age of 100.