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TIL The Jarawa People of The Andamans Islands are 100% Oriental Asian, express genes only found in Japanese and Tibetans, and are said to look like Asians did 40,000 -80,000 years ago - Jet black skin, short stature, and wiry hair. The Jarawa peoples had been in absolute isolation until 2002.

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r88y TIL In his infamous movie, The Room, Tommy Wiseau originally wanted there to be a plotline in which it is revealed that Johnny is a vampire. This would include a scene where Johnny’s car would start to fly from the rooftop into the night sky.
a9wL TIL that for native English speakers, the hardest languages to learn are: Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, and especially Japanese.
xV9R0 TIL about Stone Man's Syndrome, a disabling disorder with no cure or treatment in which the body repairs damaged connective tissue with bone structure. Surgical removal of the extra bone growths has been shown to cause the body to "repair" the affected area with even more bone.
M7DwA TIL After flying into Earth orbit in Apollo 7, Donn Eisele and his crew never went to space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unknown to everyone, Eisele wrote a detailed memoir that was only discovered and published after his death
E1BGx TIL of the Swansea Devil. In the 1890's, two architects wanted the contract to rebuild a church. The loser later placed a carving across the street and prophesied, "My devil will see St Mary’s burnt to the ground". Swansea was heavily bombed in WWII, including the church, but the devil remained.