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TIL that around 20% of young people lack a gag reflex.

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Wr4 TIL that the oldest living Chinese citizen has also been awarded the highest rank in Chinese martial arts (among other things).
neXbW TIL Bananas are going extinct due to a untreatable fungus breakout that's spreading around the world
4ELo TIL Thomas Jane reprised his role as The Punisher in a fan-film, alongside Ron Perlman.
x0pD TIL That there is a 30-foot tree trunk known as the “Old Man of the Lake” that has been floating vertically in Oregon’s Crater Lake for nearly 120 years. In 1938 they tracked the tree trunk’s movement and discovered that it had traveled a total distance of over 60 miles in just under 3 months.
gAQW TIL penguins were found in the arctic, but only from 1936-1949. They were introduced to replace the great auk, which had been hunted to extinction. The penguins survived the conditions well, but were also hunted to extinction. One was beaten to death by a local woman, whom mistook it for a demon.