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TIL that actress Lupita Nyong’o ‘s mtDNA is extremely close to that of “Mitochondrial Eve,” a woman who walked the earth 200,000 years ago, and is the “mother” of us all.

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1aOyD TIL, merchants in the US used to let Einstein take what he needed and his secretary would write them a check later. However, many merchants didn't cash them because the signature on the check was worth more than the amount.
VBW7p TIL the distributor for the movie Snowpiercer (2013) requested that the scene involving a fish be removed, but director Bong Joon-ho convinced them to keep it in by lying about his father being a fisherman and claiming the scene was dedicated to him. Bong's father was never a fisherman.
mxYDY TIL In the The Real Ghostbusters cartoon series, the season 1 episode "Take Two" has the Ghostbusters flying to Hollywood to visit the set of a movie based on their adventures. At the end of the episode it's revealed to be the 1984 live action film, meaning the cartoon is real but the movie is fake.
GAJ1j TIL that in 1923, a jockey named Frank Hayes won a horse race at Belmont Park in New York despite dying mid-race. He suffered a heart attack but stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the finish line first. It was the only race he ever won, and the horse was named "Sweet Kiss." After the incid
BrlKW TIL when you imagine something, you are using the same brain processes as when you remember something, which is why it's so easy to misremember things, or why some people confuse what they've imagined with what is real.