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TIL A 30,000 Year Old Virus Was Found to Still Be Infectious After It Was Isolated from Siberian Permafrost

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R5VM6 TIL Ted Bundy scored 39/40 on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist which is among the highest recorded scores of any serial killer
47w6 TIL that DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy on ‘Star Trek’) had wanted to become a doctor, but could not afford medical school. He received many letters from fans who went into medicine because of his character: “To influence the youth of the country … is an award that is not handed out by the industry”.
jNGJR TIL about the "Herbivore Men" of Japan, men who have basically given up on marriage and love. They often can’t afford it, and they don’t want to work to death to raise a family, instead they have hobbies or anime or the internet to fill up their time.
kJODe TIL about the existence of clown eggs. Where clowns copyright their makeup/likeness by painting them on eggs!
ReZ1 TIL that an estimated 20% to 25% of people are immune to hangovers.