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TIL: That having Red hair and Blue eyes is the rarest color combination in humans. Less than 2 percent have red hair and around 17 percent of people have blue eyes. Blue eyes and Red hair? 0.17 percent chance.

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R7VKl TIL about Marion Stokes, a Philadelphia woman who began taping whatever was on television in 1979 and didn't stop until her death in 2012.. The 71,000 VHS and Betamax tapes she made are the most complete collection preserving this era of TV. They are being digitized by the Internet Archive.
OoOea TIL Alexander Hamilton didn’t believe in democracy, which he labeled an American “disease.” He fought—with military force—any model of organizing the American political economy that might promote egalitarian politics. He was an authoritarian, and proud of it.
nBZo TIL Saudi Arabia and Bahrain recently made a joint bid to host the Olympics with the mens’ events in Saudi Arabia and the womens’ events in Bahrain as women are not allowed to play sports in Saudi Arabia. The IOC vetoed the bid.
Z85Zo TIL North American glacier iceworms, native to Pacific coastal areas from Alaska to Washington, are the only annelid worms known to spend their entire lives in glacial ice, capable of completing their entire lifecycles at or below the freezing mark.They usually perish when temperatures reach 40F/4C.
a8ApA TIL a woman was once drafted by the NBA but had to turn the team down bc she was pregnant. She’s also in the hall of fame.