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TIL that 8 to 16 percent of humans are missing the Palmaris longus muscle which was once used for climbing.

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6EoOm TIL On the Hawaiian island of Oahu, 31% of albatross pairs are same sex, 'lesbian' couples.
9YjQM TIL about Lafayette,a french aristocrat proclaimed to be 'The Hero of Two Worlds.' He fought as a general For America during the American Revolution, then went to France and fought as a General for the People in the French Revolution.
Br6wd TIL The British and Argentina had a naval war in the 1980's. Falkland War.
oBWgo TIL in 1900, when submarines were being introduced to navies, Admiral Arthur Wilson called them underhanded, threatening to hang enemy sub crews as pirates. So, in 1914, when Max Horton commanded Britain's first sub engagement against the Germans, he ordered his crew to fly a Jolly Roger.
E6Zo TIL there is a ~11,000 sq ft underground vault on a Norwegian Island that “aims at safeguarding the world’s most important plant genetic resources for food and agriculture with a maximum level of security” free of charge.