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ANP4x Today I learned that the children of identical twins are basically half siblings as opposed to first cousins on a DNA level.
oBQko TIL that bees have been shown to detect and respond to more than 60 different odours including being able to detect lung and skin cancers, diabetes, and to confirm pregnancy.
wbEo TIL: The original Rambo 3 VHS release had in the end credits: “Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters”, later changed to “Dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.”
nepRG TIL that in 536 A.D., there was a worldwide dust cloud that blocked out the sun for a year, resulting in widespread famine and disease.
emKL TIL Trey Parker almost made an action movie about a mentally disabled 9-year-old boy defending his small Colorado town from being destroyed by eight-foot-tall monsters that live in the mountains, but had to ultimately quit the project to pursue South Park.