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TIL that all Ashkenazi Jews are at most 30th cousins because of a genetic bottleneck about 700 years ago.

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x6Bxw TIL that between August 1960 and April 1961, the CIA, with the help of the Mafia, pursued a series of plots to poison or shoot Fidel Castro.
P1y8O TIL that princess Diana was of Indian ancestry
9MQG TIL In 1906 An irish Olympic silver medalist Peter O Connor climbed a 20 foot flag pole and waved the irish flag when made to compete for Britain, All while irish and irish-American athletes fought off guards at the end of the pole.
b9yBp TIL that in 1890 William Morrison invented the first successful practical electric automobile in the United States.
lQP5 TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.