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TIL the human eye has its own microbiome.

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BrgDr TIL gender can now be determined from the concentration of amino acids in a fingerprint (levels are significantly higher in the sweat of women than that of men). The testing method can be performed at the crime scene and works in a manner similar to pregnancy strips or glucose meters.
V5LQ TIL instead of signing autographs, Steve Martin would just distribute pre-signed business cards reading “This certifies that you had a personal encounter with me and found me warm, polite, intelligent and funny.”
69NOl TIL that King Christian X of Denmark regularly traveled without security during WW2 and spoke out against antisemitism while living under Nazi occupation, eventually rescuing 95% of Denmark’s Jewish population by relocating them to Sweden.
OoXLY TIL Former baseball player Lenny Dykstra claimed he blackmailed umps to get better calls
4X666 TIL in 1977 a group of Chicago Sun-Times journalists bought a dive bar and used it as a front to uncover and expose political corruption and payoffs.