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TIL that 75% of Earth's population is lactose intolerant. It is actually so common that lactose intolerance is now considered the normal baseline, with people who are not being referred to as 'lactose persistent'

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mPRx TIL André the Giant was so large by the age of 12 that he could not fit on the school bus, and so was driven to school by playwright Samuel Beckett
j6RNM TIL of Albert. A Black-browed albatross that became stuck in the northern Atlantic in the 1960s and has been visiting British Gannet colonies for over 50 years searching for a mate he can never find.
4knlR TIL Ugandan dictator Idi Amin publicly suggested that he and Tanzanian president Nyerere participate in a boxing match to determine the outcome of the Ugandan Tanzanian war in 1979. This proposal was ignored by Nyerere and Idi Amin was forced into exile.
vdJB TIL that the hacker Kevin Mitnick was kept in solitary confinement for 8 months because “law enforcement told the judge that he could somehow dial into the NORAD modem via a payphone from prison and communicate with the modem by whistling to launch nuclear missiles.”
AD8dB TIL that when the 1907 Monongah mine disaster killed at least 367 coal miners in Marion County, West Virginia, the coal company tried to blame it on child workers playing pranks with explosives and igniting the massive explosion.