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TIL there's a condition where your pinky toe spontaneously constricts itself until it falls off. The cause is unknown

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NE4P TIL Anthropologists believe cats approached humans on their own terms 12,000 years ago. The first agricultural societies stored food that attracted mice, the cats decreased the rodent population by eating them, and a mutual relationship began.
j659N TIL that 6 years ago, one of the islands that make up Papua New Guinea voted overwhelmingly to become their own Independent Nation, and will become officially recognised as it's own country in September of 2027.
wLg1W TIL that the Japanese word for “brown” is 茶色 (cha-iro). The first character means “tea”, and the second one means “colour”. Thus, literally translated, it means “tea colour”.
0wwOR TIL that in 1995 authorities of the People's Republic of China abducted the 6 year old Panchen Lama of Tibet, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. He has not been seen or heard from since.
aMWJ TIL a 2009 study found that as many as 91.4% of children living in the Gaza Strip have moderate to severe PTSD