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

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Dw0P TIL “Circlejerk” is a term used to describe an oligarchy that is “self-perpetuated by members granting each other disproportionate rewards for work that is of limited merit”
m1EGv TIL that the official residence of the UK Prime Minister, 10 Downing St, originally started out as being numbered 5 Downing St and was not renumbered until 1779.
xV9o1 TIL that the Vatican has multilingual ATMs with instructions in Latin. It’s the only ATM in the world with this feature.
MPD0 TIL Jacqueline Kennedy wore her blood-splattered pink Chanel suit for the rest of the day after JFK’s assassination. When asked to change her outfit, she replied “I want them to see what they have done to Jack.”
woyaE TIL that the first American Recreational Vehicle (RV) Club was founded in 1919 and known as The Tin Can Tourists.