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TIL that speakers of the Altaic language family (Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Turkic) all share a common genetic heritage associated with the independent domesticatiom of Millet in the Far East

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Oo60a TIL Actor Paul Walker dated multiple 16 year old girls openly while he was in his 30s.
WkxGd TIL Chong (from Cheech and Chong) shared a cell with the Wolf of Wallstreet Jordan Belfort when he went to jail for financing his son's bong company.
VBObG TIL: The Mouse Utopia Experiment was a series of tests designed what would happen to mice if all conditions for survival were met. As populations grew, social pressure became destructive to the colony. Even though all physical needs were met, the colonies collapsed in every experiment.
8eP8a TIL that Real Madrid beat their own reserve team in the 1980 Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) final
p8AaG TIL in 1864, the Confederate Army forced Frederick, Maryland, to pay $200,000 or be burned to the ground. The town had to borrow the money from local banks and didn’t finish paying off the loans until 1951.