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TIL that lactose intolerance is “normal,” and most mammal species develop a natural lactose intolerance after weaning.

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VMJB8 Til that The first sunglasses date back to the prehistoric Inuits, who wore a piece of flattened ivory over their eyes (made from walrus bones) with narrow slits to look through that blocked harmful rays of the sun reflecting off the ice.
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VMgrD TIL there are mysterious ancient stone cart tracks all over Malta, some of which disappear over cliffs and reappear at the bottom of the ocean.
Qrae TIL That Alexandre Dumas was black, and suffered at the hands of racism for most of his life, yet still was celebrated as France’s most widely read writer having written ‘The Three Musketeers’ and 'The Count of Monte Cristo’.
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