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TIL that TAR syndrome is a rare congenital disease in which babies are born without the radius bone in both forearms and also have very low levels of platelets, sometimes leading to life-threatening bleeding

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kJ0b1 TIL the annual probability of an obese person attaining normal weight was 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women, increasing to 1 in 1290 for men and 1 in 677 for women with morbid obesity.
NX7BN TIL the ancient city of Hieropolis in modern Turkey was thought to be the location of a Gate to Hell by the Romans. This was likely due to toxic levels of CO2 from gas vents that killed animals with noses close to the ground. The vents are bricked up today for tourists' safety.
R7GP1 TIL There are more skyscrapers in New York City than all of Europe combined. NYC has 290, Europe has 218.
7rnmZ TIL In 1917, owners of the Phelps Dodge mining company kidnapped 1,300 striking mineworkers in Bisbee, Arizona, their supporters and bystanders, deported them via a 16 hour train ride across the desert with no food and little water and told them never to come back.
7romM TIL Peter Dinklage's brother is an accomplished violinist, who performed on the original Broadway recording of Hamilton. Peter describes him as "the real performer of the family".