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TIL 95 percent of Mongols are lactose intolerant yet eat a diet that consists heavily of dairy products

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m9no TIL that during the Irish Potato Famine, the poor were given construction jobs, so they could earn food rather than receive it as a handout. However, to avoid taking jobs from other workers, these people built useless projects, like roads in the middle of nowhere, and piers in the middle of bogs.
mxbdR TIL that 30% of those with ADHD do not finish high school (10% for non-AHDH), 40% get pregnant as teens (4%), 60% are accident prone (10%), 50% get into a serious car crash (17%), and 54% get fired from a least one job (31%) respectively.
YraW TIL After Russia outlawed virtually all gambling in 2009. A Russian engineer learned how to cheat slot machines. He took his knowledge to the US and won $21,000. Casinos still have no fix for it.
D1mWP TIL that people dont eat turkey eggs simply because they are less economical to raise than chickens.
epBoE TIL "Desperado" was not a hit for the Eagles until Linda Ronstadt recorded it. According to an interview with Don Henley