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TIL Laron Syndrome, a type of dwarfism, makes its carriers immune to diabetes and cancer.

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4kyJR TIL about the experiment to find the world's funniest (most average) joke with the widest appeal. Richard Wiseman created LaughLab, an online experiment for people to submit and rate jokes. Gurpal Gosal of Manchester submitted the winning joke based on a 1951 radio skit written by Spike Milligan.
e0JQ4 TIL King Tutankhamun owned a collection of boomerangs.
OG6ea TIL that though Samoa and American Samoa are only a few hundred miles apart, the islands are 24 hours apart on calendar
bYp7 TIL There Have Only Been 3 Perfect Games in Putt-Putt Professional Golfers Association (PPPGA) History
VMA78 TIL as of 2017, 75% of the US’s medical communications are still sent via fax.