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TIL that Kim Jong-Il’s birth name is Yuri Irsenovich

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d897j TIL Ballooning is a process by which spiderlings and even some species of adult spiders move through the air by releasing one or more gossamer threads from their spinnerets to catch the wind becoming airborne sometimes for long distances and great heights at the mercy of air and electric currents.
7rrbL By switching off a genetic variant linked to increased risk of asthma.
gr09A TIL there is actually a Lime Disease, not caused by deer ticks, but by exposure to lime juice and UV light
NW5E TIL 62% of citizens in Copenhagen ride a bicycle daily to work or education
DQVAD TIL the Emperor Claudius decreed that any slaves left by their masters to die at the Temple of Asclepius would instead be freed if they recovered