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TIL: That the Playboy Magazine was named after a defunct car company

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wvAM TIL the genetic make up of your DNA predicts whether or not Cilantro tastes like soap to you. Researchers took DNA samples from 30,000 people and identified the gene OR6A2 as the factor involved in disliking Cilantro.
ANwga TIL - There were female gladiators in ancient Rome.
GPnQ TIL America hands out $25 billion a year in subsidies to the farm industry. Three fourths goes to just 10 percent of the farmers
VMBd8 TIL that Apollo 11 could've flown from N.Y to L.A in under 6 minutes
xeE5 TIL Tom Morello (RATM, Audioslave, The Nightwatchman) was born to a civil rights advocate and a Kenyan revolutionary. He also graduated from Harvard University.