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TIL that the ratio between your index and ring finger is indicative of prenatal testosterone/estrogen exposure and is also correlated with various traits related to health, behavior, and even sexuality later in life.

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klp7 TIL: The Enterprise’s captain was originally James R. Kirk, and it was changed to “T” for “Tiberius” later in the series
9vKr TIL 23,000 North Koreans have defected to the South, and only 2 South Koreans have defected to the North.
kOoA4 TIL in 1969, Brazilian bus drivers were arrested for training beetles to crawl inside fare boxes and carry out the coins. The beetles were also arrested.
1a0V8 TIL Scientists identified a vast underground ecosystem of billions of micro-organisms below the earth - twice the size of the Earth's oceans. Life was shown to survive far beneath the Earth's surface for long periods of time, without energy from the Sun.
0d9gN TIL that the second-highest mountain in the world, K2, has an overall death rate of 13% and only 377 people have successfully climbed it (compared to 11,258 Everest summits).