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TIL about Caudal Duplication Syndrome, a rare congenital disorder which can cause a person to be born with multiple sets of genitalia.

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ADe0x TIL that after Booth assassinated Lincoln by shooting him the back of the head, the largest manhunt in US history, involving thousands of troops and countless civilians, tracked him down to a barn. As he attempted escape, Sergeant Boston Corbett killed Booth by shooting him in the back of the head.
p87Ap TIL approximately 15% of the American population, or 50,000,000 Americans, have an IQ below 85
loWgN TIL about Tulip Mania, during the 17th Century Dutch Golden Age, when prices for some tulip bulbs skyrocketed. Many think it is one of the first speculative bubbles to pop, but some historians believe it has been exaggerated over time.
Zp45Q TIL in several countries, such as Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, it is considered natural for humans to try and escape jail, so escapees who do not break any other laws are not charged and no extra time is added to their sentence.
worGo TIL that the extinct Ubykh language, spoken in the Caucasus until 1992, holds the record for most consonants: it had 83 but only two vowels