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TIL Blue-eyed people tend to have a higher alcohol tolerance and are therefore more likely to be drunks.

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grmn7 TIL out of all activities, tennis increases your life expectancy the most, by 9.7 years.
LkY1r TIL in 1913, a study was published on "the feeling of being stared at". It was found to be groundless, attributed to you being nervous about how you look when someone's looking at you.
N71YN TIL when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, they had about 15 seconds of fuel left.
loWXV TIL that Japan has spent $600 Million protecting two rocks that are apart of the coral reef Okinotorishima because it gives Japan a 200 nautical mile (370.4 km) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the atoll.
DQ4MY TIL that in 2011 a Russian would-be suicide bomber died when her mobile phone detonator was activated by a spam message wishing her a happy new year