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TIL 1-3% of people are equipped with a mutated gene called hDEC2 which allows their body to get the rest it requires from just a few hours of sleep.

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nBNB TIL a man mailed 100 companies asking for free stuff, dubbing it “The $39 Experiment.”
KPn9 TIL professional hockey player Luke Piggott made a huge breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer, when he discovered how to kill breast cancer stem cells. He trains every morning with his team and then heads straight to the lab to conduct his cancer research.
xVnAg TIL: During the 1962 Indo-China War, Indian Army Major Dubey survived 16 Chinese bullets and three horrifying months as Prisoner of War. Goosebumps!
1a1nW TIL that animated or illustrated pornography featuring minors is legal in the United States.
woJK1 TIL that after he died Wild West Big Nose George Parrott's skin was used to make a pair of shoes.