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TIL that Ben Shapiro and Mara Wilson are cousins.

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PYJvO TIL If we went back a thousand years, each of us would have over a trillion direct ancestors, which is more than all the humans who have ever lived. So yeah, we're all descended from royalty, somewhere.
Y7jZ TIL that former journalist Solomon Shereshevsky appeared to have no limits on his ability to memorize, memorizing poems in foreign languages (which he could not understand) within minutes and recalling them verbatim years later; however he could not recognize faces because they were so “changeable.”
W10L TIL Because of a successful marketing campaign 40 years ago, KFC chicken has become a traditional Christmas dinner in Japan. KFC is so popular that customers place their Christmas orders three months in advance.
aE0J TIL the only species known to pursue “all-out war against fellow members of the same species” are humans, and ants.
n0lG TIL in Pakistan and India smoking scorpions to get high is a growing trend. The high lasts about 10 hours, with the first 6 being quite painful. Addicts of scorpion smoking describe it as more addictive than heroin, saying the hallucinations make “Everything appears like it is dancing.”