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TIL Google sent a lone employee to map an entire abandoned Japanese island, which was once the most densely-populated place on Earth

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wLKDY TIL fiction writers are 10 times more likely to be bipolar, poets 40 times more likely.
ppMQ TIL the Bible’s story of Noah’s Ark is based on a 1st millennium Assyrian copy of a story known as the Epic of Gilgamesh. This story itself is over 4100 year old and is considered to be the earliest surviving great work of literature in human history.
R9ga TIL the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a largely Japanese American unit that served during WWII, did so while their families were held in internment camps. Their motto was “Go for Broke” and they were the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
WkNrd TIL Chinese scientist who used a gene editing tool called CRISPR to make two twins immune to HIV is now missing
d88P9 No, it's not from the cheese.