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TIL scientists can estimate your age using DNA.

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08g1 TIL that in New Zealand all websites — including social media sites — must disable commenting on election day because of election silence.
X5N6 TIL Germany mandates all drivers to come to the rescue of an accident victim unless there is already an ambulance present. “If there is an accident, a driver is obliged to stop and help, whenever and to the degree to which it is possible”
9rMp TIL that the Latin translation of reddit is “It gives back”, which would make a redditor “a rewarder” or “one who gives back”
8eyx4 TIL that “court jesters” were often used to give bad news to the monarch that no one else would dare deliver. When the French fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Sluys, Phillip VI’s jester told him that the English sailors “don’t even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French”
nj9d TIL there is a haunted island in Mexico covered in dolls. a little girl drowned in the river awhile back, and the owner drowned in the same place in 2001. natives say the possessed dolls killed him. they also say the dolls open their eyes and move on their own…