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TIL less than 7 percent of people have a negative blood type

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XEeD8 TIL the US Postmaster General is the 2nd highest paid US government official behind the president.
8aXb TIL that Howard Hughes endowed $156 million to a gas-station owner for finding him on the side of the road and giving him a ride to Las Vegas.
ANayl TIL that some spanish teams are called 'Real' because the title has been bestowed on them by the spanish royal family, it's a patronage that allows a team to use the 'Real' prefix.
NXZOJ TIL of Captain Bligh, who traveled 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) on a 23ft (7.0m) launch with eighteen of his loyal men after mutineers took over his ship, HMS Bounty.
OG8e6 TIL that there is a species of lizard, called the common side-blotched lizard, that uses a Rock Paper Scissors pattern when competing for mates.