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TIL that over 65% of the world's population is lactose intolerant

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eDdn TIL that, on a goodwill visit to China, astronaut Jack Lousma showed a slide of “a beautiful, emerald-colored lake” he’d taken on the Shuttle, and got a surprising reaction. His interpreter explained later that it may have been a secret nuclear test site.
X1br TIL Corydora fish, females will attach their mouth to the males genitals and suck the sperm. The sperm rapidly moves through her intestines and is discharged together with her eggs into a pouch formed by her pelvic fins
9g1M TIL Astronauts have to sleep near a ventilator fan or they risk suffocating in a bubble of their own exhaled carbon dioxide
5Qnn TIL in 2005 a man landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest. Two days later he did it again, proving he didn’t just get lucky the first time.
BrePy TIL to solve this box labelling problem. There are 3 boxes labelled as Bananas, Strawberries and Mixed. All of the labels are labelled incorrectly. You can reach only into one box and you can take one fruit from it. Then you have to fix the labels correctly.