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TIL there is a gene (ABCC11) possessed by a large portion of East Asians that not only gives them dry earwax, but also prevents them from developing body odor.

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698lw TIL that Thomas Paine became a deputy in the French parliament and voted against executing King Louis XVI
nZ8G TIL a Colorado judge sentences violators brought to court for blasting loud music to an hour of listening to Barry Manilow at high volume.
WAo TIL hurricanes in Australia were originally named after local politicians a weather man didn’t like.
6YWJ TIL That Naturally Occurring Ice Is Technically A Mineral
VMQEB TIL that the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972-1981, Kurt Waldheim, had been a Nazi officer during WWII. In 1986 it was discovered Jews had routinely been shot near his office during the war. This revelation got him a travel ban from the US.