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TIL Zam Zam Cola is the unofficial soft drink of the Hajj

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QJEZ6 TIL Women who have just listened to a love song are then twice as likely to give their phone number to an average looking man they’ve just met, with a view to going on a date.
R7wN9 TIL The CDC estimates that as many as 56,000 people die from the flu each year
PY6GV TIL about gympie-gympie, also known as the Suicide Plant. Covered in silica hairs which act like hypodermic needles upon contact, and filled with neurotoxins, simply brushing up against the plant will leave you in excruciating pain for months to years. No treatment is available.
5YKGp TIL of Xie Jianshun, a Taiwanese soldier who was discovered to be intersex. When the doctors examined him they concluded that his male gonad tissue was deteriorating and decided it was for the best that he undergo sex reasignment surgery. The transition was then imposed on Xie against his wishes.
0wgxA TIL Elephants "may show lateral preference when grasping with their trunks: some prefer to twist them to the left, others to the right." Essentially, they can be left or right "trunked"!