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TIL that the fingerprints of koalas are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they could be easily confused at a crime scene.

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XZD8 TIL that according to a Pew Research study performed in 2010 atheists knew more in general about different religions than religious people did, with Jews coming in close second and Mormons also close by in third
QJV69 TIL that LBJ constantly asked the flight crew of Air Force One to change the temperature of the cabin. Eventually, they installed a fake control knob for him to 'control' the temperature himself. The president stopped complaining.
k4dd TIL MI6 once hacked into an Al Qaeda website and replaced bomb making instructions with a recipe for cupcakes
1pd8 TIL because of the “Harlem Shake” hundreds of students have been disciplined, fifteen Aussie miners fired, and there is even an FAA investigation.
VMj04 TIL about Cellular Automata: simple programs that produce complex results. They were so magnificent they led Stephen Wolfram to believe that the universe ran on similar principles.