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TIL computers can’t actually generate random numbers.

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JYeMV TIL that most indigenous communities who paint their bodies live in areas where there is an abundance of bloodsucking horseflies, mosquitoes, or tsetse flies - and a 2019 study showed that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites, hence protecting them from airborne diseases
4AAb TIL There is no archaeological evidence whatsoever that suggests Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt
n0kB TIL The children’s book “Rascal” became popular in Japan in the 1970’s which let to a mass importation of pet raccoons for kids. When people realized raccoons are TERRIBLE pets they were released and there are wild raccoons causing problems in Japan to this day.
GYgO5 TIL in many old Westerns since nobody in charge was able to translate Native languages many Native American extras would ad-lib or make jokes in their own language.
4jVb TIL: Diet Pepsi is not vegan but the company don’t say what animal product is used.