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TIL that African naked mole rat do not feel the sting of capsaicin (main component of chilies) and acids

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78ngr TIL in 1991, a man broke into the Florida State Capitol. His demands included pizza, beer, cigarettes, Chinese food, and marijuana. He also requested 666 donuts for the police and phone calls with Ice Cube, Timothy Leary. Although none of his demands were met, the standoff ended peacefully.
awGmA TIL that Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest in 1849, has never been fully climbed. The first people to reach the top in 1955 stopped short of the summit because they promised the ruler of Sikkim to keep the sacred mountain intact. Every climber since has done this, too.
ADZB TIL the Pyrenean ibex is the only species ever to become ‘un-extinct’ after being cloned in 2009 – although the clone lived only 7 minutes.
v9ER TIL Garth Williams, illustrator of Stuart Little, wrote a kids book in 1958 called “The Rabbits’ Wedding”. An Alabama State Senator claimed the book was “propaganda for integration and intermarriage,” as the book featured a bunny with white fur and another with black.
wmaP TIL according to recent research, 87.2% of employees want to leave their current jobs in 2014, and 52.6% said that it was because they did not trust their boss.