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TIL there is a group of Pacific Islanders that can control their pupil dilation and see clearly underwater.

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D1EAD TIL a 2003 study suggests that 1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Almost 8% of men living in the former Mongolian empire carry nearly identical Y chromosomes.
rrD0 TIL in Mississippi, you can drink WHILE driving as long as your .BAC remains below .08%
a8egZ TIL that 31 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the pilot of the former flight, Paul Tibbets, re-enacted the bombing in the original plane at a Texas air show, complete with mock mushroom cloud. Japanese diplomats demanded a formal apology for this.
0dYPL TIL the Vatican has the only ATM in the world with instructions in Latin
mBRM TIL that between 2180 and 2160 BC a tunnel was built under the Euphrates River to connect the two halves of Babylon. It was the biggest underwater tunnel until one was built beneath the Thames in 1824.