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TIL that the reason why redheads are less sensitive to pain medications is because of a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on chromosome 16

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6EeYJ TIL that Oliver North solicited $10,000,000 from the Sultan of Brunei as a way around US rules on funding Contras in Nicaragua. The money never went to them, but to a Swiss businessman instead because North entered the wrong bank account number.
p8E84 TIL some customers are called “harbingers of failure” meaning if they buy a product it is more likely to fail.
VMaeQ TIL in 1957 two planes collided over the San Fernando Valley and the debris killed 3 Pacoima Junior High School students in the playground below. Student and singer Ritchie Valens (of 'La Bamba' fame) missed school that day, but died tragically in a plane crash just 2 years later.
pKeG TIL Several scientific studies have concluded that money does indeed buy happiness
nN19 TIL the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz had a gun through out the movie, and he even pulled it out on the lion.