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TIL that a man in India claims to be the heir to the French throne

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8Dd8 TIL that the Prairie Vole (a rodent) is monogamous, while its closest relative the Montane Vole is promiscuous. The ADH receptor gene between the two species is different and cause different behavior. The same gene was injected into a laboratory mouse that showed monogamous behavior afterwards.
d8RlZ TIL The concept of the “Rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “Flyting”, a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse
9lOX TIL that within 5 years of retirement 60% of NBA players go broke. While within 2 years of retirement 78% of NFL players are bankrupt or in financial stress.
LB9V TIL: After WWII, the British sold off captured Enigma machines to third world countries, who still believed it to be secure, so that they could spy on them.
OGBQY TIL Each of your 10,000,000,000,000 cells has 1.8 meters of DNA.