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TIL: 1 in 200 men is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan

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VBp7D TIL that Gregor Mendel (father of genetics) had his body exhumed on his 200th birthday in 2022. Scientists examined his skeleton, analyzed his DNA, and also found an extra coffin that wasn't listed in official records.
e0db6 TIL that the film Tron (1982) was not nominated for any visual effects Oscars because the Academy considered using computers to create environments and effects to be "cheating."
OGjla TIL that the highest grossing animated movie of all time is Ne Zha 2, a Chinese film which was just released in January 2025 and is still currently in theaters
epAW4 TIL president Lyndon Johnson almost got shot on November 23rd 1963 by a secret service agent, just 14 hours after JFK died
gMJA8 TIL, that King George VI, Elizabeth II's father, was the first British Monarch to visit the U.S since the American Revolution