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TIL people on the Solomon Islands have a gene that causes blonde hair, despite their dark skin. This gene is unrelated to the one that causes blondeness in European peoples and evolved independently.

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5VJWn TIL Masayoshi Soken's first game composition was Mario Hoops 3-on-3 for Nintendo DS. He would later go onto compose the stellar music of Final Fantasy XIV.
GMVQ TIL that the original name for Atlanta, Georgia was Terminus which literally translates to “the end of the line”.
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