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TIL Cuba is 64.1% ethnically white.

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JYX08 TIL: Chickens' heads are gyroscopic. Move their bodies but their heads stay steady.
9wZyX TIL of the Y2k38 Problem. Similar in nature to the Y2K bug, when the year 2038 strikes 03:14:07 UTC on 19 March, computers still using 32-bit systems to process the date and time may not be able to cope with the time change and could revert to the year 1901.
LkdBZ TIL of a teen that was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images – of himself – on phone. The court claimed he exploited himself and therefore must be punished so that the other party (himself) is satisfied.
XE7GP TIL Mr. Wizard's science television program—running from 1951 to 1965—was so influential in inspiring people to pursue science careers, ~50% of all applicants to Rockefeller University throughout the 1960s-1970s in New York cited him when they were asked how they first became interested in science.
P1MNw TIL that paleontologists have identified an "Anal Chimney", or a tube to separate the anus from the mouth on ancient fossils, that evolved after creatures ate too much of their own feces...