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TIL: Thirty-five percent of people are born without wisdom teeth. Experts believe they will eventually be gone.

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jNvEQ TIL that despite all manner of theories and suggestions, Douglas Adams himself has said he chose 42 as ‘the answer to life, the universe and everything’, after simply staring out at his garden and choosing a ‘funny’ number, completely at random.
8e0m4 Today I learned the first selfie ever taken was in 1839!
Rya9 TIL that Einstein was stopped so much in public, he would reply, “Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.”
GEoj TIL that a 20 year-old book titled “Foundations of Geopolitics” outlined Russian goals to annex Ukraine, separate the UK from the rest of Europe, and foment racial and isolationist groups in the U.S.
mxvXv TIL that despite taking in more than $500 million in donations, the American Red Cross only built six houses in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew