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Til that some people have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap and I have that stupid gene

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wLKwE TIL That The United States Holds 33.3% Of The Worlds Total Citizen Net Worth Despite Making Up Only 4.3% of the Global Population.
wekJ TIL there is a registered satirical party in Germany named “The Party”(politically). Their youth organisation is the “Hintner Jugend”. Their goals are to rebuild the Berlin Wall, a CEO quota for lazy people and making the tax system even more complicated (among others).
8vjV TIL Of ‘Project Thor’: a terrifying weapon system that is shockingly simple - 6 m. Tungsten rods launched from near Earth orbit, invisible to radar, could strike anywhere on earth, impact speed of Mach 10, impact equal to a tactical nuclear bomb but with no explosives.
R7Yd6 TIL that the swastikas on Allied aircrafts in old pictures are called victory markings, and marked each Nazi plane downed by that aircraft. Bomb stencils marked each mission run. The names of pilots and crew were added before the craft was retired from duty.
e0DAn TIL The resort town of Aspen, Colorado, became the first city in the US to restrict smoking in restaurants in 1985