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TIL hemophilia is prominent in European royalty, because royal families engaged in copious amounts of incest, spreading the hemophilia gene

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mjNY TIL every sweater that Mr. Rogers wore in Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was hand-knit by his mother.
e0Gdn TIL that in Singapore, parents can count as dependents when filing for taxes
PYnlG TIL the Bramble Cay Melomys is among the first mammals to disappear because of failure to adapt in the modern era. Some time between 2009 and 2014 the last of this species died, probably drowning in a storm surge on an island off the coast of Australia where it had thrived for thousands of years.
x0Y7 TIL that the singular form of “spaghetti” is “spaghetto”
ne187 TIL Francis Clifford Smith, of Connecticut, is the world's longest-serving current prisoner, having been imprisoned for more than 70 years since June 7, 1950. In three months he will become the longest-serving prisoner in world history.