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TIL that the house mouse (domestic mouse) migrated from regions within India to the rest of the world. This has large scale implications to the origin and spread of agriculture, human settlement and human civilization itself.

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N7pNP TIL why high humidity sucks. When the humidity is at 100%, the air cannot absorb anymore moisture. That means the sweat will not evaporate off your skin to cool you off no matter how hot the temperature is.
D15ZP TIL that 10-35% of people share the same genetic trait that makes us having to sneeze when looking towards the sun
oBgjE TIL The World’s southernmost national capital is Wellington, New Zealand. Canberra, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Santiago are next.
mxVlM TIL when Dungeons & Dragons was released, various groups believed it was a front for murderous Satanists. This lead to Tom Hanks’ first starring role in the TV propaganda movie Mazes and Monsters, in which he becomes his D&D character and stabs a hobo in Manhattan because he thought it was a goblin.
ep4pn TIL that by the age of 5, the brain reaches 90% of adult size.