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TIL that the United States experiences 75% of the worlds known tornadoes

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GyQ4 TIL that Dave Grohl has been the drummer on every Tenacious D album and is considered a member of the band.
8G0a TIL through years of natural selection due to epidemics in Europe, a percentage of people of European decent carry the gene CCR5. Of that population, some have a CCR5-32 Delta mutation which makes them immune to HIV.
kJbR5 TIL animals in cold climate have hollow hair and trap air for insulation...
D1GPV TIL the stem end of a cucumber (and other related fruits and vegetables) tastes different from the other end due to a higher concentration of a bitter compound called cucurbitacin.
ko1 TIL that, in 1958, an economic campaign to modernize China resulted in the deaths by starvation of +18 million people. During this time, China was actively exporting food to Africa and refusing any foreign food aid.