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TIL millennials now outnumber baby boomers.

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Vr6B TIL in the last 5 millennia, genetic change in humans has occurred at a rate roughly 100 times higher than any other period of human evolution. Humans today are more genetically different from humans living 5,000 years ago than these people were from humans living 40,000 years ago.
R55n7 TIL Actor Steven Michael Quezada who played Steven "Gomez" in the AMC series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is a member of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners (District II)
BgJJb TIL that there is not one documented instance of someone getting burned at the stake during the Salem Witch Trials. They were instead hanged or jailed.
rN7Lw TIL in the Pacific Theatre of WWil, the U.S. Army & Navy utilized ships called “BRL”s (Barge, Refrigerated, Large) whose entire purpose was to make & supply ice cream to increase troop morale. Each barge cost $1M, could produce 10gal of ice cream every 7min, and could store up to 2000gal.
6OJX TIL that radioactive wild boars are wreaking havoc in towns nearby the Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing an estimated $15million in damage.