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TIL that Virginia Woolf was part Bengali.

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8K48 TIL that the movie White Chicks was nominated for five Razzies, including the Worst Picture, Worst Actress, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Screen Couple. Film critic Richard Roeper even put the film as the #1 worst film of 2004.
0wrvA TIL redheads have a 25% higher pain threshold, can make their own supply of vitamin D and feel temperature changes better than the rest of us due to their 'redhead gene' MC1R.
nGdP TIL that Mary (mother of Jesus) is considered one of the most righteous women in the Islamic religion. She is mentioned more in the Quran than in the entire New Testament
WNy8 TIL the fastest speed a human being has ever attained was when Apollo 10 returned from the moon at 24,791 mph (36,360 feet/second). This is slightly faster than going down to the Marianas Trench in one second.
RVP8 TIL that Sony BMG used music cds to illegally install rootkits on users computers to prevent them from ripping copyrighted music; the rootkits themselves, in a copyright violation, included open-source software.