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TIL 30-50% of the human population carries a behaviour altering parasite

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MePYK TIL that the common cultivated strawberry does not occur in nature. It is a hybrid of the Virginia wild strawberry and the Chilean beach strawberry, invented in France in the 18th century.
4X7xN TIL Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" guy who saved 1200 people during the genocide, was recently kidnapped back to Rwanda and sentenced to 25 years in prison
NmDM TIL of albino alligators, of which only 50 exist worldwide, and have a life expectancy of less than 24 hours in the wild due to UV sensitivity and lack of camouflage.
d81ar TIL the largest print photograph ever was created by using an airplane hangar as a pinhole camera. The finished print was more than 3,500 sq. feet
1J84 TIL that Banksy swapped Paris Hiltons CD with 500 of his his own remixed versions of her album in 48 stores in the UK.