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TIL 35% of the population is born without wisdom teeth, because we don’t need them anymore.

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WbP8 TIL that during the Russian famine of the 1920s, Government officials advised starving residents to dig up the dried bones of animals, grind them into flour and bake a “bread substitute [that has] a nutritive value of 25 per cent more than rye bread, in spite of its unpleasant smell and taste”.
5YyPr TIL Kelsey Grammer based Sideshow Bob's voice on actor Ellis Rabb, who he briefly worked for hanging wallpaper
LNaQ TIL the US ambassador to Afghanistan was kidnapped and killed by militants pretending to be police on Valentine’s Day in 1979.
QNvVL TIL that why most shopping malls have this kind of air door that blast you with high velocity air flow when you enter. It is actually called an air door or air curtain that is used to prevent air, contaminants, flying insects from moving from one open space to another and keep the temp maintained.
9wNpp TIL that mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other species.