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TIL Lactose Tolerance (lactase persistence) is the mutation, not the other way around

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R77Pw TIL Craig Gillespie, director of the upcoming Tonya Harding biopic "I, Tonya" also directed a Campbell's Soup commercial from the early 1990s starring Nancy Kerrigan
eAk4 TIL that big banks can borrow money from the government at a much lower interest rate than college students
lOEG TIL a gamer once complained on the Runic Games forums that a specific camera effect made a game unplayable for her due to a rare eye condition. Mere hours later, and early on a Sunday morning, the developers released a patch that added a user toggle for the effect
69R4Z TIL Machu Picchu was the guarded secret of a few Peruvian farmers until 1911 when one of them agreed to guide an American explorer up the mountain for the price of a few coins.
Bdye TIL Pornography can never be outlawed in the U.S. and is constitutionally protected under the First Amendment