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TIL That we are all related - at the most 50th cousin. No matter race, color, or creed!

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8mdb TIL that humans are the best on the planet when it comes to long distance running. We can outrun every other animal and run in conditions no other animals can run in.
X5N6 TIL Germany mandates all drivers to come to the rescue of an accident victim unless there is already an ambulance present. “If there is an accident, a driver is obliged to stop and help, whenever and to the degree to which it is possible”
R7XDQ TIL gin and tonic was invented to make antimalarials more palatable
0w7Q1 TIL Before he was famous, Steve Martin was a contestant on The Dating Game.
JYW9m TIL about John Howard Griffin, a journalist who in 1959 took anti-vitiligo drugs and spent 15 hours daily under an ultraviolet lamp to temporarily "become" a black man and travel through the South for six weeks.