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TIL Polar Bears have black skin.

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kOgZB Til about chana, a family of 180 members(and counting) which holds the record as the 'world's largest existing family'. Its head ziona has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren.
E1By7 TIL William Pitt the Younger was admitted into Cambridge University at the age of 13 and became UK prime minister at age 24. He is the youngest prime minister in British history.
KYgx6 TIL It's Impossible to Hum While You Hold Your Nose. When a person hums, air passes between the vocal cords in the throat, causing them to vibrate. In order to hum, you'll have to have your mouth closed so that the sound emerges from your nose.
yQl18 TIL Bill The Butcher (Gangs of NY) was head of the Bowery Boys gang who's territory was Bowery street today. Mostly made up of firefighters literally fighting other gangs to have control over putting out fires. Fights between gangs would often break out and the fires were sometimes never put out.
8a6vX TIL a civilian who went on a fly-along aboard a French Air Force Rafale B fighter jet was accidentally ejected during flight. He survived with back injuries and the pilot managed to land the jet with minor injuries to his hands from broken canopy glass but the cause of the error is unknown.