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TIL the average Mexican is genetically 50% indigenous with evidence of native ancestry being significantly higher on the X chromosome.

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b9XwQ TIL Wham!'s single "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants" is the highest-selling single ever to peak at #2 in the UK charts. They were kept from #1 by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Wham! donated all the royalties from "Last Christmas" to the Ethiopian famine appeal, Band Aid's cause.
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