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TIL Hugh Hefner’s father, a public accountant, turned him down when he needed money to start Playboy as he did not think the magazine was a good business investment. However, as he was about to leave, his mother took him aside and gave him a $1000 cheque from her savings to help his venture

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e0EY4 TIL People have “stripes” that glow under UV light. German dermatologist Alfred Blaschko discovered Blaschko’s Lines in 1901, which show the migration of embryonic skin cells. The lines aren’t normally visible unless the person has a skin disorder such as chimerism.
oBNEA TIL hand soap doesn't actually kill the germs. Instead, it weakens the structure they're holding onto you so that you can wash them right off.
epN1k TIL that South Africa used to issue permits for Boer farmers to hunt the San people (bushmen), the last permit was issued in 1936
R5MDa TIL that before the invention and introduction of toilet paper to the US dried corn cobs we're one of the preferred methods of wiping after using the bathroom.
j6KRv TIL A survey by the Puerto Rico Health Department revealed that the cancer rate in Vieques is 27% higher than mainland Puerto Rico.