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TIL ringworm is caused by the same type of fungi (dermatophytes) as ones for athlete's foot

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M7EQ8 TIL that some people are genetically gifted in that they can sleep for as little as 4 hours without suffering from daytime sleepiness or other consequences of sleep deprivation
a8re9 TIL that 55% of YA readers are actually adults.
9xoB TIL there’s a bird that migrates from Alaska to Africa and back every year
N7eRQ TIL that if tea spread to your country by sea, you call it ‘tea’. If by land, you call it chai. This is because the ports of Fujian and Taiwan use the coastal pronunciation ‘te’, whereas Mandarin uses cha.
N75lP TIL that Shiro Ishii, a Japanese general who oversaw Unit 731 and thousands of horrific war crimes during WWII, was given immunity in exchange for human experimentation data. He also may have gone on to do bio-weapons research at Fort Detrick located in Frederick, Maryland.