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TIL that in 1990, a young woman was found hanged near the Spanish border town of Portbou — elegantly dressed, with no ID, and no past. For 34 years, no one has known who she was. Now, new DNA tech might finally reveal the truth behind Spain’s most haunting mystery.

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jNp6R TIL that men are much stronger than women in terms of hand-grip strength (90% of women in the study generated less hand-grip force than 95% of men for men and women aged 20-25)
E1orx TIL in 1963, Alweg (known for Disneyland's Monorail) offered to fund/build a monorail transit system throughout Los Angeles County at no cost to county taxpayers. Instead, L.A. County authorities killed off the project due to being pressured from Standard Oil of California and General Motors.
VBd84 TIL there are 80 generations of descendants of Confucius. Kung Tsui-chang, the 79th-generation descendant, is the current head of the family. He is known as "Honorable Overflowing with Wisdom", a Chinese title of nobility reserved for direct descendants of Confucius.
ZnrD TIL that in-sink garbage disposals were illegal in New York City until 1997, and are still banned in restaurant kitchens.
gMVWD TIL Donkey Kong 64 was originally going to be a 2.5D platformer akin to the Donkey Kong Country games. This was changed 18 months into development due to it not being feasible from a production point of view.