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TIL that if you were born in the US in the 60s or later, the government already has your DNA in a database through the mandatory newborn screening program.

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4XGZ6 TIL Funerals in Taiwan sometimes feature erotic dancers to attract mourners and assist the transition to the afterlife
VOgp TIL net-hunter cone snails release sedatives into the water to lull their victims into a deep sleep before engulfing multiple fish at a time in their horrific, tentacle-covered, extensible mouths.
k4EE TIL that German Stalingrad veterans would often break their infantry assault badges as an indication that earning the assault badge in Stalingrad was a different level of achievement than earning it somewhere else
VMM5B TIL that Sheen had paid extortionists approximately $10 million to keep his HIV status secret and had over 200 sexual partners after he learned he had HIV
OYWY TIL that there are Ant Species which hold Slaves and Slave Ants who rebel against them.