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TIL black death helped bring about the Italian Renaissance
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TIL That of the almost 900 genes we have related to smell, over 50% are ‘broken’ and do not translate into useful proteins.
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TIL in 1999, the leader of North Korea was Kim Jong-il - and the leader of South Korea was Kim Jong-pil
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TIL Electrons flow through a typical copper wire much slower than a turtle walks
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TIL that the Leviathan of Parsonstown (aka. Rosse six-foot telescope) was the biggest telescope in the world until 1917 when the Hooker Telescope was constructed, he was built by William Parsons in County Offaly, Ireland and you can visit a reconstructed version of the telescope today
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TIL all Hass avocados (the ones you get in grocery stores) descended from a single tree in California, which was planted using unknown seeds