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TIL that nearly 40% of people of East Asian decent lack the enzymes to properly metabolize alcohol.

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nWwEd TIL that the 1928 Summer Olympics was the first to allow women to race in the 800m, but after media coverage claimed women couldn’t handle the race, it was removed from the Olympics for 32 years, only returning in 1960.
D4Ne TIL The first woman in space was not Sally Ride, but Valentina Tereshkova
QX09 TIL coconut crabs are suspected of hiding Amelia Earhart’s remains.
8aeyL TIL Babe Ruth was one of the first cancer patients to receive radiation and chemotherapy treatment simultaneously
Nkx8 TIL “Serenity” was the first high definition movie to be cracked and torrented.