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TIL There is a chlamydia epidemic among koalas.

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9Y1lB TIL that the belief that penis size varies according to race is not supported by scientific evidence.
X0ZVE TIL about Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov, the former president of Turkmenistan that ordered to close all the Hospitals in the country except for the ones in Ashgabat
jjOX TIL that of all the 14,748 homicides in the US in 2010, roughly 43% of the victims were African-American, a group who only make up 13% of the population; furthermore, a majority of the victims were young black males, while the perpetrators were similarly young black males.
BgOkW TIL Archaeologists Discovered a 4,000-Year-Old Tomb in Egypt Containing Funerary Goods from Multiple Centuries, Offering a Unique Glimpse into Ancient Burial Practices
9Kxm TIL that despite creating the very rational and logical character of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a firm believer in the supernatural and his beliefs even cost him his friendship with the very skeptical Harry Houdini.