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TIL that lip prints are as unique as someone's fingerprint.

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BVax TIL that even though many people cite the PISA test scores as a source that Americans are behind in education, the test scores show that Americans beat every other OECD country when controlling for poverty in schools.
ZpmGo TIL flies can live for days without their head
KYo7J TIL: That disagreement surrounds the method by which kleptomania is considered and diagnosed. On one hand, some researchers believe that kleptomania is merely theft and dispute the suggestion that there are psychological mechanisms involved, while others observe it as substance-related misuse.
p8Xj8 TIL about the manzanilla de la muerte or "little apple of death", one of the most toxic trees in the world. The milky white sap present in every part of the tree is so toxic that standing beneath the tree during rain is enough to cause one's skin to blister.
rRmOM TIL The ‘small penis rule’ describes a way fiction authors use to avoid libel suits. Characters are given small penises so that no one will come forward and say a character is like them as no male will admit to having a small penis.