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TIL that 94% of languages are spoken by 6% of the world’s population

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oBgDA TIL Mandrakes are real. In one superstition, people who pull up the root will be condemned to hell. The mandrake root would scream as it was pulled from the ground, killing anyone who heard it. In the past, people tied the roots to animals and then used the animals to pull the roots from the soil.
ajW9 TIL that 80% of the close door buttons on elevators aren’t even hooked up.
R7Jna TIL that microfluidics lab-on-a-chip application can be made in the comfort of your kitchen with the help of Shrinky Dinks
rwNx TIL Jon Heder only made $1,000 for his role in Napoleon Dynamite.
Ypkxr TIL the first female doctor in Britain spent 56 years disguised as Dr. James Barry; a male Royal British Army surgeon. She was the first person to perform a successful C-section in British history and her true identity was only discovered after she rose to the rank of “Inspector General.”