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TIL Klingons from Star trek are actually based off Japanese people.

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kdE4 TIL Tania Head, a well known 9/11 survivor, faked being in the South Tower during the attacks and served as President of The WTC Survivors Network before people found out she was lying. She was not even in the United States during the attacks.
N7XD6 TIL pine nuts come from pine cones
b6eWE TIL that in 2008 a proposed forensic technique suggested analyzing antibodies. It was said to be faster than DNA though wasn’t intended to replace it.
KYVMG TIL about the term “desk murderer,” a term used to describe people who plan and organize killings without personally taking part in murder.
E1Kv0 TIL Scientists trained 17 rats to drive tiny cars; each rat stood on the aluminum floor of the car & gripped copper bars with their paws to complete a circuit to propel the car. By touching left/center/right on the bar, rats could steer to pick up rewards of Froot Loops morsels in the arena.