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TIL pretzels are supposed to look like someone praying

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GAm1J TIL that the 70's movie "A Clockwork Orange" was nominated for 4 oscars, including best picture, despite being an extremely messed up movie by even today's standards.
Zp8Jp TIL South Asians are “starvation-adapted,” due to having survived at least 24 major famines in a 50-year period. As a result, they are six times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than the general population, as well as four times more likely to have a heart attack before the age of 50.
Ob8X TIL scientists have found that Ozzy Osbourne has unique genetic mutations that that increase his body’s endurance for hard drugs and excessive alcohol: the “genes connected to addiction, alcoholism … all had unique variations in Osbourne, a few of which geneticists had never seen before”
D1Wxe TIL that most players who got the All-American title in basketball were Asian-Americans despite only representing 0.2% of players in the NBA
Z8AKa TIL The house of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Franz Ferdinand, was destroyed in WW1. It was then rebuilt as a museum and was then destroyed during WW2. Afterwards it was rebuilt, only to be destroyed in the Yugoslav Wars. It was again rebuilt in 2015.