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TIL while you inherit DNA from both parents, you end up using your father’s DNA more. Genetically, you are more like your dad than your mom.

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nyOr TIL that an Australian dog named “Bob the Railway Dog” would jump from train to train, even whilst they were both moving, and traveled as he wished using the South Australian Railways.
OGZyX TIL Neil Armstrong was filmed as he stepped on the moon with a $2.3 million upside-down camera. Westinghouse built for Apollo 11 a special model that the astronaut deployed by pulling a handle near the ladder he climbed down onto the lunar surface. NASA inverted the image for the TV audience.
BrZYe TIL that NASA's Spirit Mars rover was meant to operate for 92 days. It ended up operating for 2,269 days, after which a dust storm blocked off its solar panels.
6Emel TIL that Argentina had the world's highest GDP per capita in the 1890's and was in the top fifteen wealthiest economies till the 1950's
9jyB TIL of Belphegor’s Prime. It’s a prime number that is also a palindrome. It’s named after the Prince of Hell for ingenious inventions because it contains two sets of 13 zeroes with 666 in the center. The palindromic prime number is 1000000000000066600000000000001.