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TIL 60% of people in the world don't have a toilet in their home

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6VdY TIL When you crumple up gift wrapping it makes a shape so complex that it will defeat even the most sophisticated computers
X0E0D TIL who Hattie Alexander was. An early pioneer in DNA research, her groundbreaking work on influenzal meningitis significantly reduced infant death rates and advanced the field of microbiological genetics. In 1964 she was the first woman to be elected president of the American Pediatric Society.
WN48 TIL that despite being the original writer of ‘All Along the Watchtower’, Bob Dylan said that “ever since [Jimi Hendrix] died I’ve been doing it that way… Strange how when I sing it, I always feel it’s a tribute to him in some kind of way.”
olMA TIL that they used to call it “the calculus” (as in, I’ve studied the calculus, Newton invented the calculus, etc) because “calculus” used to be a generic name for any abstract theory until “the calculus” overshadowed all the other calculuses.
Pb7V TIL Everyone has stripes on their body called “Blaschko’s Lines” that are typically invisible without UV light.