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TIL 5% of people do not experience a headache in their lifetime.

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YpAmB TIL That Chinese 20 something superstar vlogger described as a “cute goddess” by China’s Global Times and is “worshipped” on the Douyu platform by her 100,000 followers, is not the glamorous young woman in the videos but actually a 58yr old using filters.
Ooo67 TIL months before D-Day British Commandos drove a ship full of explosives on a delayed timer into strategically vital shipyard. Most were captured but 5 walked back to Spain. During interrogation, a German Officer told one of the Commandos the damage would be fixed in weeks, right before detonation.
VRNZ TIL that British scientist James Smithson donated his entire fortune to the United States (worth 1/66th of the entire US budget) to create the Smithsonian Institution despite never having visited the United States. He left no explanation of his motivation.
GAKO4 TIL when you cross a Zebra and a Donkey they make a Zonkey because they belong to the same genetic group but only when it is sired by a male Zebra with a female Donkey. If it's a male Donkey and female Zebra their offspring is known as a Zedonk.
9Yo4p TIL Rollin Stone hated Led Zepplin's first album. in 1969 they called Led Zepplin weak and unimaginative in their review.