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TIL Humans share 50% DNA with bananas

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loNKN TIL: Keso, a brand of cottage cheese, is so popular in Sweden that many recipes list cottage cheese as Keso, the brand name.
RN98 TIL France is the only country in Europe to be completely self-sufficient in basic food production.
X0076 TIL that of the 57 people who died during the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens in 1980, only 6 were in areas authorities had noted as danger areas. 51 of them including an entire family, died while in sections that had been considered safe for camping and recreation.
XE1LQ TIL of 21-year-old Lieutenant Zvika Greengold, an Israeli tank officer who fought in the Yom Kippur War for 30 hours straight, destroyed up to 60 enemy tanks (swapping his own every time he sustained damage), and fooled the Syrians into believing they were facing a company sized force.
RGw7 TIL When Forrest gets up to talk at the Vietnam rally in Washington, the microphone plug is pulled and you cannot hear him. According to Tom Hanks, he says, “Sometimes when people go to Vietnam, they go home to their mommas without any legs. Sometimes they don’t go home at all. That’s a bad thing.