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TIL that an estimated 20% to 25% of people are immune to hangovers.

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xV4X1 TIL that even though bigger animals have more cells (more cells=more mutations), they aren't more susceptible to cancer. It's called Peto's Paradox.
78aax TIL that the oldest ship in the world still afloat is the USS Constitution. Built in the 1790s to serve as one of the first ships of the brand-new US Navy, she served for approximately 80 years before being removed from service and converted into a floating museum.
yQNPV TIL In 1851 "A muskrat skin was equal to a quarter of a dollar; a racoon skin, a third of a dollar; a doe skin, half a dollar, and a buck skin, “the almighty dollar.”
Bn5K TIL that in 2013, India’s army watched “Chinese spy drones” violating its air space for six months. They later found out they were actually watching Jupiter and Venus.
Z8WMB TIL When Congress imposed a gag rule in 1836 to suppress debate about slavery, ex-President John Quincy Adams refused to comply, risking censure and spending the next eight years introducing thousands of antislavery petitions until the rule was repealed.