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TIL scientists can estimate your age using DNA.
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rRy0e
TIL the bi-color parrotfish (Cetoscarus bicolor), found only in the Red Sea, is among the largest of parrotfishes growing to about 50 cm in length. Interestingly, it is a sequential hermaphrodite, starting first as a dark brown female and then changing to either a brightly colored male or female.
90kp
TIL China accounts for nearly half the world consumption of instant noodles at 44%
4kLN
TIL : That the ancient Egyptians attempted to build a 110 meter long dam to control the Nile River - centuries before modern day Egypt tried it.
7rd47
TIL dogs don't always bark at people through fences or windows out of aggression, but rather something known as 'barrier frustration' where they are annoyed they can't go up and say hello.
Z81XR
TIL that banana trees die after bearing fruit. Also, they are technically plants, not actual trees. They take around nine months to grow up and produce banana tree fruit, and then once the bananas have been harvested, the entire plant dies. New shoots will sprout and start again anew.