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TIL humans have fewer genes than rice.

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kOw9E TIL that in 1994 Rashida Jones (Karen from The Office & Ann from Parks and Rec.) wrote an open letter to Tupac in response to remarks made by him about her parents' interracial marriage. They eventually patched up their differences and Tupac went on to become friends with Rashida and her family.
xV7KB TIL seven members of the 82nd Airborne Division were charged with appearing on military-themed gay porn
R7rZ1 TIL President JFK had an affair with a 19 year old White House intern, including one instance where he dared her successfully to perform oral sex on his special assistant, Dave Powers
W76aL TIL Steven Seagal made a country/blues/reggae album and it’s so much worse than you might imagine. I included a link to a fantastically brutal review from ‘09 when it was released.
vPKAL TIL that the Irish and Scottish legends claim they originated from a Pharaoh of Egypt