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TIL scientists can estimate your age using DNA.

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nWKRB TIL the character "Mr. Hankey" from South Park was based on how Trey Parker's father toilet-trained him as a child. Trey said he refused to flush the toilet, so his father told him if he did not flush down his stool, which he called "Mr. Hankey," it would come to life and kill him
W77wL TIL - In 1994, 62 children at the Ariel School in Johannesburg claimed to have seen spacecraft land in their schoolyard
VBwoD TIL in 1898, dissatisfied with the city leadership of Wilmington North Carolina, Alfred Moore Waddell led a mob to overthrow it and took over as mayor for eight years. He faced little opposition from the US government and no real consequences.
a8WrJ TIL New Zealand's Bird of the Year award for 2021 was awarded to a bat.
wvZY TIL the Temple University Owls mascot was chosen because Temple began as a night school for young people of limited means