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TIL one out of twenty people will have PTSD at some point in their lives

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epPbJ TIL Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are the sponsors of USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and are technically considered permanent members of the ships crew.
8ey6G TIL Siblings can get completely different results (e.g., one 30% Irish and another 50% Irish) from DNA ancestry tests, even though they share the same parents, due to genetic recombination.
p8Rpe TIL that white mushrooms, cremini mushrooms, and portobello mushrooms are all the same mushroom but at different stages of growth.
78wp7 TIL: The day Alice and Chains started recording their second album "Dirt," was the same day the 1992 Los Angeles riots began. The band escaped to Joshua Tree National park and waited there for about 5 days, taking Slayer vocalist Tom Araya with them.
ANlvl TIL Frogs absorb water directly through their skin in an area known as the 'drinking patch' located on their belly and the underside of their thighs.