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TIL about some of the names given to gene mutations bred into fruit flies by scientists. Cheap Date is a gene that increases susceptibility to alcohol, the Van Gogh gene produces swirling of hair on the wings and the Swiss Cheese gene produces holes in the brain.

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p8dE8 TIL that, in 2009, the Large Hadron Collider was turned off for a short period of time because a piece of baguette was found in the machinery.
a8LNJ TIL about Nushawn Williams, a New York City man who, despite knowing he was HIV positive, claimed to have had unprotected sex with 200-300 women and spread the virus to at least 16 people. He was sentenced in 1999 to 4–12 years in prison, but has remained in involuntary civil commitment since 2010.
j6J8E TIL in the United States of America, tipping while eating at Restaurants is a common practice, and that the average tip amount is typically 20% of the price of the entire meal! And no, you don't get anything extra for choosing to pay that.
x6r1g TIL A phenomenon called "change blindness": An experiment found that nearly half of people failed to notice when the person they were talking to was replaced with someone else after a brief visual distraction.
Lkjod TIL Angelina Jordan, a 14 y.o. singer who won Norway's Got Talent in 2014, always performs barefoot because when aged 6 she met a girl living on the streets without shoes- Angelina gave this girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them