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TIL that Bill Nye's family has a history of a neurological disorder called ataxia and the reason he decided not to have kids was to avoid passing down the condition to them.

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ADE8B TIL of "Zonal" languages. Zonals are like universal languages but for a specific language family. Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages would all have their own "Zonal" designed using familiar rules/logic/alphabet/etc. The goal is promoting greater regional cohesion in a language zone.
4lPb TIL for ~$65, Tokyo-based company ‘Ikemeso Danshi’ offers attractive men to gently wipe away tears as you cry. You place an order for an Ikemeso “courier” to help relieve office stress. Together you watch sad videos & he’ll romantically place his hand on the wall behind you & gently touch your cheek
QJV06 TIL: Out of 24 SS Death Squad leaders, prosecuted in 1947 for the direct killings of more than 1m people, 9 were jurists, 1 university professor, 1 opera singer, 1 expert in art history, 1 architect, 1 economist, 2 teachers, 1 priest, 1 dentist
ADR07 TIL that all current Syrian hamsters are descended from two siblings that mated in a 1930s laboratory. The other lab hamsters were all eaten by their mother/sibling, killed with cyanide or escaped.
kJQwE TIL that Margery Kempe (c. 1373–after 1438) was an English mystic and author of the first English autobiography. Known for intense visions, extreme devotion, loud public sobbing, preaching without approval, accusations of heresy, and extensive pilgrimages across Europe and the Holy Land.