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TIL that around 90% of East Asians are lactose intolerant, which explains why Chinese food doesn’t contain cheese.

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XEkJj TIL in 2011, NYPD officer Patrick Luca was in a kayaking accident with his son Caden, 5. Caden had a life jacket, but Patrick didn’t. His last words were, “Keep blowing that whistle until someone finds you. Daddy is going to go under water now, and not come back up. Daddy is going to heaven.”
GwX5 TIL when the London Eye (sponsored by British Airways) had technical issues erecting it in place. Richard Branson & Virgin sent over a blimp with ‘BA can’t get it up"
LQ6n0 TIL that couples who had more than 100 guests at their wedding are 84% less likely to get divorced than couples who eloped (no guests)
OoP1X TIL In Greek mythology Theseus encountered a bandit named Sinis who would kill travelers by having them help him bend pine trees to the ground, after which he would let go causing them to be catapulted to their deaths.
LQ1Mr TIL that in the 1970s, IKEA was expanding so rapidly that German executives accidentally opened a store in Konstanz, approximately 200 miles (320 km) from their intended location of Koblenz.