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TIL four out of every five animals on Earth is a nematode

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NkQb TIL Pregnant actress Gene Tierney contracted German measles during a visit to The Hollywood Canteen, her child was born severely disabled. Some time later a woman asking for an autograph said she had broken quarantine to see Tierney at the event. Agatha Christie based a book on the story.
4X6vJ TIL in Russian, "vodka" basically means "lil water." The word for water is "voda," and "ka" is a diminutive ending.
P1EdG TIL that stargardt disease makes the center of your vision blind, making you only being able to see the sides
p81JO TIL Twitter is the most used social network in Japan
YAXx TIL all San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board-members are required to ride transit at least once a week