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TIL that a genetic mutation can cause a person's bone density to be as 8 times as high as normal people. People with such mutations have known to survive car crashes with no injuries but cannot swim as they will 'sink like a stone' in water.

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Xwoj TIL the British East India Company arrested hundreds of local weavers and had their thumbs chopped off in order to destroy Begal’s weaving industry in 1834.
5VnRD TIL that when sperm whales started getting killed for lamp oil, they were able to develop and spread effective defence tactics across the ocean in just a few years
WpoA TIL that “Dexter’s Laboratory” and “The Powerpuff Girls” are set within the same universe. “The Justice Friends” exist in both shows, creating the link.
0w6PN TIL that during the Great Depression of the 1930s, women turned their flour sacks into into dresses, underwear, towels, curtains, quilts, and other household necessities. So flour companies started packing their flour in bags with pretty patterns.
loJYK TIL that President Herbert Hoover and his wife were fluent in Chinese (Mandarin), and would use it to speak with each other in public to prevent eavesdropping.