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TIL a single gene is thought to be responsible for our ability to speak. If put into mice, it changes their behavior and vocalization patterns

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awdQN TIL that cigarette butts are more frequently polluted in the ocean than all plastic items
6gBw TIL that the heads of suicide bombers are usually left intact, even though the rest of the body is blown to bits.
PNxV TIL that the most expensive domain name is vacationrentals.com, which was bought for $35 million, beating out more commonly searched domains such as sex.com, porn.com, beer.com, etc.
xVLDk TIL that the oldest undisputed known depiction of a human being, the Venus of Hohle Fels, is about 40,000 years old, and made from mammoth ivory. It's on display in a museum in a small German town.
MPeB TIL that the Yakuza, Japan’s largest organized crime syndicate, provided food, water, blankets, diapers, etc. during both the 1995 and 2011 Japanese Earthquakes and at a much faster response time than even the Japanese Government.