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TIL people with red hair may need up to 20% more anesthesia. This is because of MCR1 mutation.

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XgBX TIL The family of China’s last imperial family live in obscurity and the niece of the last emperor went out of her way to marry a penniless husband descended from farmers to prove that she was part of the new China rather than the Imperial China
W8v8 TIL that the woods oldest grape vine is 500 years old and found in Slovenia. It has survived Napoleonic wars, WW1, and bombing by the Nazis in WW2. It still produces 35-55kg of grapes and 100 bottles (250 ML each) of wine are produced each year.
yQvpl TIL that, in 2006, actor and comedian David Cross was the first investor in Kickstarter
7p1p TIL You can buy $10,000 shredded dollars for $45 bucks, straight from the government!
LQQdV TIL that prehistoric humans found fossils and used them to decorate their stone tools. The oldest such fossil is in a knife made by Homo heidelbergensis 400,000 years ago.