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TIL there is a genetic defect among Fruit Flies that cause them to die within two days. Its discoverer named the defect “Kenny” after the character in South Park.

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16OkO TIL that a dead person was elected as MP for the British constituency of Portsmouth in 1747. Four days after they were elected, news arrived that they had died 87 days earlier in the West Indies
Dbje TIL that a man planted 7,000 trees to make a guitar shaped forest as tribute to his late wife.
p8Wd4 TIL it is considered important in Kazakh culture for each individual to know their family tree back at least seven generations. This is due to a strong tradition of oral history.
l7NbK TIL in the UK it's illegal to be DRUNK in a pub / bar
4JPw TIL in the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an ‘epidemic’ affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease’ called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.’