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TIL that humans have gone to space every year since 1961

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9o56 TIL that scientists say caesarian births are “affecting human evolution” because women with narrow hips are spreading this genetic predisposition to their daughters
78rEp TIL about Army Col. Daniel Blackmon, who became the face of romance scams worldwide. Hundreds of accounts across the internet pretend to be this one guy every day.
gOEX TIL That the first treatment for a Judge Dredd film that was passed around Hollywood in the 80’s went through extensive rewrites, eventually becoming Robocop.
8ebyG TIL a music producer in Japan put two different endings for the physical CDs of an album themed around quantum physics. This way, people would "observe" one of the two outcomes of the album, as in quantum mechanics.
VMR7p TIL In 2007, seeds were found frozen below the permafrost. Thought to have been buried by Arctic ground squirrels around 31,500 to 32,300 years ago in the Ice Age. Out of 600,000 seeds, three embryos successfully germinated into plants. Currently the oldest confirmed viable seeds on Earth.