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TIL that Mitochondria within cells originated from parasitic bacteria

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YpMOx TIL there is a disagreement about what color people say tennis balls are, with 52% saying green, 42% saying yellow and 6% saying "other"
VVXm TIL that in the first-released Star Wars film, “A New Hope,” out of the 121 minutes of running time, Darth Vader was on screen for all of 12 minutes, or less than 10% of the film.
rR94W TIL Sioux City's airport code is SUX. When they tried to change it, the FAA offered them GAY as an alternative, which they declined.
Oo8jL TIL that a British soldier whose ship was sunk by a U-boat survived for 70 days at sea. After being rescued, he was sent back to England from the Bahamas on a cargo ship. It was hit by 2 torpedoes from a U-Boat as they were approaching the UK. There were no survivors.
0BAR TIL when enlisting in the British army during WWII writer/actor Sir Peter Ustinov requested tank duty “because you can go into battle sitting down,” and as result his superiors concluded, “On no account must this man be put in charge of others.” so he was assigned to the infantry instead