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TIL that because a large number of black males are unable to shave without severe irritation, Domino’s was found in violation of the 1991 Civil Rights Act by requiring all their employees to be cleanly-shaven.

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eRxD TIL that there are tiny bugs closely related to spiders living in the pores of your face, which crawl about your face in the dark to mate.
V7NQ TIL-Ronnie Van Zant, told his band he will never live to see 30.Van Zant’s father said when Ronnie was younger,“He said to me many times, ‘Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.’ I said, 'Why are you talking this junk?’ and he said, 'Daddy, that’s my limit.’” He died at the age of 29 in a plane crash.
9mp6 TIL that Rasputin’s causes of death are mostly myths: He didn’t drown and wasn’t poisoned, either.
P1Yrg TIL that less than half of all societies kiss with their lips, according to a study of 168 cultures from around the world and a professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas found that only 46% use lip-to-lip kissing in a romantic sense, excluding things like parent-child kissing.
e0PMb TIL The man believed to be the richest drug lord of all time died while getting plastic surgery to alter his appearance. The two surgeons that performed the procedure were later found dead, encased in concrete inside steel drums, with their bodies showing signs of torture