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TIL 22 years ago this week a Stardust Casino employee walked out of the hotel with $500,000 and was never seen again.

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6EZVY TIL: The Finnish Stopped Soviet Mines from Exploding by playing a Single Polka Song on Repeat
R7MZa TIL The Chinese, as a nation, are not keen on dairy foods and many are uncomfortable with the very idea of cheese, with the exception of the south-western province of Yunnan
J18Rl TIL Hippocrates taught human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. To be healthy you need them to be in correct proportion, both in strength and quantity, and well mixed
1ab7V TIL Researchers actually know shockingly little about male pattern baldness. While most agree it involves DHT, we don't know the specific mechanisms of how and why DHT causes baldness. This is due to baldness being classified as cosmetic issue, not a disease, which limits research funds available.
8kjL TIL that the chanting in Star Wars’ iconic song “Duel of the Fates” is not a gibberish alien language, but a Sanskrit translation of a medieval Welsh poem. Other chants in the Star Wars series make use of Sanskrit as well.