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TIL Bigfoot is an Endangered Species in some States.

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VBLE8 TIL of Jörg Hartmann and Lothar Schleusener, aged 10 and 13, who were shot dead during an attempt to escape the Berlin Wall in 1966. Their families were notified of their deaths a few days later. "Officially" Jörg had drowned in a lake and Lothar had died from an electric shock near Leipzig.
LQO80 TIL about Aurel Persu's car design. This car, implemented in 1922-1923, was shaped similar to a waterdrop and it had a drag coefficient of 0.28 (same as a modern Porsche Carrera)
V0WG TIL the Supreme Court ruled the patents of breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 by Myriad Genetics invalid. These patents previously allowed Myriad to control the price of diagnostic testing and limit any research on the breast cancer genes.
N7lXQ TIL the wood frog survives winter by producing an anti-freeze in it's blood from a combination of urine and glucose, allowing it to be 2/3rds frozen, re-animating after it thaws out months later.
gWDX TIL that as much as 10% of people that are of Northern European decent are immune to HIV.