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TIL humans have fewer genes than rice.

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0wrEv TIL newborns right out of the womb are strong enough to carry their own weight called the palmar grasp reflex
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epD4k TIL that radio waves aren’t just really high-pitched sound waves, they’re actually big light waves.
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