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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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dDlyr TIL Lantian "Jay" Graber, CEO of Bluesky, has a name that means "blue sky" in Mandarin Chinese. However, the resemblance to the project's name is purely coincidental, as Jack Dorsey chose "Bluesky" before she got involved.
Oo7pL TIL that among the 12 first women that joined the swiss national council I'm 1971 one was a person of colour
kYpm TIL that the “sex” in names like Middlesex, Sussex, and Sexsmith comes from the Old English word “seax,” meaning “knife”
LR5Z TIL that in order to familiarise the Bhutanese people with the process of elections, the country held a mock election between parties of four differently coloured dragons. The yellow dragon party won.
YDWx TIL “microbeads” used in exfoliating soaps are actually made of plastic (and they are a major pollution problem)