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TIL due to his allergies Ringo Starr has never eaten a pizza or a curry in his life. However, he has starred in a Pizza Hut commercial.

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BgVDW TIL: Short Sleeper Syndrome is a gene mutation discovered by the University of Pittsburgh in 2014. They can function normally with less than 6 hours of sleep and never need to "recover" from lack of sleep as opposed to people who purposefully limit sleep. The mutation was given to mice and worked.
kJWe4 TIL that a May 2024 study revealed the human brain now contains an average of 0.5% plastic by weight. This is 50% more than an equivalent study from 2016.
gLjb TIL A man accused of swinging a toy light saber at customers in a toy store used the light saber to break one of the wires on a Taser when police officers responded to the call.
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