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TIL Epicanthic folds are the folds of skin that give asian eye's their distinctive shape and are believed to evolved to help in cold climates, although UV protection might also be a reason.

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p1WN TIL Switzerland banned nearly all forms of motor-racing after the tragic 1955 Le Mans disaster, where fragments of a crashed car flew in the stands, killing 83 spectators, the most deadly accident in motorsport history. Despite numerous attempts to lift it, the ban is still in place to this day.
V9yD TIL that after needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.
d8YdZ TIL In the 1780s an Indian king named Tipu Sultan was the first person ever to effectively use Iron cased rockets against the British East India Company. Later in 1800s British adopted this technology and fought with it in Napoleonic wars
b9e1j TIL - Canadian researchers have discovered a new kind of organism that's so different from other living things that it doesn't fit into the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom, or any other kingdom used to classify known organisms.
grXv7 TIL of Irish boxer Steve Collins, who employed unusual but successful mind games such as being apparently hypnotised during fights, and listening to headphones as his opponent’s ring music played.