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TIL Only 3% of all births in Britain are to British Pakistani parents but they make up one third of children with genetic disorders.

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8a994 TIL the U.S. Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman's family fled to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine in December 1979 with only suitcases and $750. His mother had recently passed away in Kyiv and they were hopeful of a better life in America.
Jvev TIL that in 1943, after a worldwide search, a mouldy cantaloupe in a Peoria, Illinois market was found to contain the best strain of penicillin for mass production
x65L0 TIL that an outbreak of cyanide poisoning in Tylenol in 1982 is what brought about safety seals on over-the-counter pill bottles.
8p7P TIL that German Uniforms in WW1 were made from 85% stinging nettle
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