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TIL Samoans are some of the tallest people in the world because they practiced eugenics. The tallest warriors were selected as mates.

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E1lx0 TIL there was a lengthy storyline on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" (traditionally a quasi-realistic down to Earth series) where a character was possessed by Satan and tried to bring about the ruination of the Church.
N7bM8 TIL between 1956 and 1972 Goodyear worked on an inflatable rescue plane for the US military. Despite being fully airworthy, the project was abandoned when the military didn't order such planes.
r9Zy TIL that the design of the I Want To Believe poster was changed throughout the X-Files series
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