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TIL in 2001 it cost $100million to sequence a genome - now it costs $1000

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jAPp TIL that the United States gave asylum to Nazi war criminals for decades and then tried to cover it up until they were sued under the Freedom of Information Act.
m107R TIL that the impact of boxing gloves on the injuries is a controversial issue, a report by the British Medical Association concluded that glove do not reduce brain injuries and may even increase them.
XEKwQ TIL that Gershon Legman (who coined the phrase "Make love, not war") categorised 3780 sex positions
v1gG8 TIL that when an animatronic langur infant was used to film wild langurs, the monkeys adopted it--until it was eventually dropped and ceased movement, at which point the monkeys believed it had died and gathered together to mourn the dead infant
Z8VV4 TIL that about 1/4 of people will sneeze on sudden exposure to bright light