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TIL that North Koreans must abide by one of 28 approved haircuts.

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Wa7A TIL that most, if not all, white cats with blue eyes are deaf. In white cats with mixed colored eyes, deafness affects only the ear on the blue-eyed side.
aOWA TIL that modern roundabouts have 40% fewer vehicle collisions, 80% fewer injuries and 90% fewer serious injuries and fatalities compared with regular junctions
xD81 TIL in 2002, Danish ornithologists reported that birds, especially Starlings, were imitating Nokia’s classic ring tone in their mating calls
rn6M TIL Heme is the iron-containing part of hemoglobin that binds oxygen in your blood. If you replace the iron atom in heme with magnesium, you get another biologically important family of compounds - chlorophyll.
57Q9 TIL A man who lied about passing his second year of university, pretended to continue his study, crafting an elaborate lie until everyone he knew thought he was a medical doctor. No one found out for 18 years, until he killed his entire family to avoid being revealed.