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TIL of Adermatoglyphia: The Genetic Disorder Of People Born Without Fingerprints

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Xax8 TIL that Taco Bell, the famous Mexican food eatery, has attempted twice to enter the market of its spiritual motherland. Unfortunately, Taco Bell has failed to enter the Mexican market. Twice.
mxpDR TIL that David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian ranch cult in Waco was a songwriter and musician that attempted to make it big in Hollywood. (Fact #5 on list in link)
0O85 TIL Before the Hummer, the US Army had over 15,000 of a little known vehicle called the “Gamma Goat”. It was designed to look like a little jeep towing a trailer, but was actually a 7000lbs single vehicle with 6 wheel drive, 4 wheel steering, and had exceptional offroad ability. But terrible on road
6B4W TIL Greenland has to import Christmas trees because they cannot grow that far north
WO0o TIL Basque is a Native language to Europe, dating back to the Stone Age, being older than Latin or Greek, and has no related languages.