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TIL on a good note: Guitars per capita rising 55x, we have more leisure

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AD584 TIL our species is continuing to evolve in 3 ways: natural selection (by which many are adapting to malaria and high altitudes), random mutations (increasingly likely as more older males become fathers), and a mysterious genetic repair tool that biases eggs and sperm to C and G bases over A or T.
j98j TIL a scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for 60 years to prove it did not cause Arthritis. He got an Ig Nobel prize for the discovery
XEj46 TIL that the founder of Nidec Corporation, Shigenobu Nagamori, has his own manga named "Man Hotter than the Sun"
w08o TIL: A drilling company in Louisiana accidentally caused a sinkhole in a lake. The resultant whirlpool sucked in the drilling platform, eleven barges, many trees and 65 acres of the surrounding terrain.
8aOgL TIL of the Japanese spider crab. They have the greatest leg span of any arthropod, reaching up to 12.1 feet from claw to claw, and can weigh up to 42 pounds. It is reported to have a gentle disposition despite its ferocious appearance.