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TIL: While only 2 percent of Europeans lack the genes for smelly armpits, most East Asians and almost all Koreans lack this gene.

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JbG1 TIL critics complained Indian artist Daler Mehndi of being popular only because he featured beautiful dancing women in his music videos. Mehndi’s response was to create a music video that featured only himself. So that’s how the popular music video “Tunak Tunak Tun” was born.
0wQrM TIL the actor who played ruthless hunter Van Pelt in Jumanji also played the boy Alan's father.
R5k9Q TIL: The US National Anthem has 4 verses, but we only sing the first one
X06WX TIL The average adult undergarment has about a tenth of a gram of fecal matter. A week’s worth of dirty underwear would amount to one peanut size of feces
aAKN TIL: There is a method being tested to allow female same-sex couples to have children that are 100% biologically “theirs”.