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TIL that although blue eye colour only occurs in between 8 and 10 percent of people worldwide, 48% of the British public have blue eyes.

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9wwKD TIL Major-General Charles George Gordon was a British Army officer who made his military reputation in China. He was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army" which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion. The Emperor of China promoted Gordon to the rank of tidu.
8aejZ TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
NGkN TIL In Ohio, It is illegal for foster parents to make their children who are of the opposite sex to share the same room.
4kOpN TIL Peseshet, who lived under The Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, is the earliest known female physician in history
NXr9P TIL that in China, there is a problem with "gutter oil", which refers to recycled oil and is often oil that is actually scooped out of sewers and taken to a refinement facility. The oil then ends up sold at a discounted price, often to restaurants, and is visually very similar to new oil.