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TIL That sickle-cell anemia protects the carrier from malaria, which is why it is seen mostly in people of African descent

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MeAaB TIL Christopher Boyce, a college drop out who despised the CIA was given high level security clearance to handle top secret CIA wires. He then sold these top level secrets to the Soviet Union through its embassy in Mexico City. The story was a top selling book and movie "The Falcon and the Snowman"
vWB TIL that emu and red kangaroo are depicted on Australian Coat of Arms, because they cannot move backwards easily. Rather it symbolises nation moving forward.
g7kL TIL there is a town in Arizona called Nothing, and nobody lives in it
WkArL TIL There Are Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written
w958 TIL sporting goods company Wilson was started in 1913 as a way to use animal by-products from New York slaughterhouses. Its first products were strings for tennis rackets and violins