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TIL during a test of the accuracy of dog DNA tests, a man submitted his own human DNA, and got results back with dog breeds they suspected the DNA being from

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699vQ TIL: The Post-World War II hyperinflation of Hungary held the record for the most extreme monthly inflation rate ever – 41.9 quadrillion percent (4.19 × 1016%; 41,900,000,000,000,000%) for July 1946, amounting to prices doubling every 15.3 hours.
PYWXL TIL the song 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' was originally written as an anti-LSD track. Kenny Rogers covered it, leading to it becoming a counter-culture hit and a long-lasting representation of the late 60's psychedelic era.
e6dn TIL the South Korean government demands that big-box retailers, like Tesco and Costco, be closed two Sundays a month in an effort to support small businesses and mom-and-pop vendors.
OG0W4 TIL the force needed to use an English longbow effectively means that skeletons of longbowmen surviving from the period often show enlarged left arms and bone spurs in the arms and shoulders
E1Py7 TIL a 38 year old woman named Joyce Vincent died in her London flat watching TV, and her body lay undisturbed until almost 3 years later when city officials came to repossess the apartment due to unpaid rent.