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TIL men in Ireland, Poland, Italy, and Portugal have lighter skin than women in these countries.

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8aBgV TIL that the creator of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer was Jewish and identified with the underdog Rudolph because of his prominent nose.
rRRow Short answer: It had help.
G9Xj TIL that TV commercials haven’t necessarily gotten quieter since the CALM Act (the TV commercial volume control law) went into effect last December, because it relies mostly on consumer complaints to the FCC to enforce the law. Link to submit those complaints included.
mx0Wy TIL about David Vetter, a child who lived with a severely weakened immune system meaning that he spent the majority of his life inside a sterile bubble. In 1997 researchers from NASA create a specialized space suit for him, allowing him to walk outside his bubble for the first time.
xwpo TIL of William and Francis Buckland, eccentric father and son scientists who both developed the desire to consume as many different animals as possible. It is believed William Buckland also ate the heart of King Louis XIV. Charles Darwin called him a “vulgar and almost coarse man”