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TIL: Norteño Mexican music is highly influenced by polka music

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nePxb TIL Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old "chewing gum."
696NQ TIL allodynia is a term for feeling pain or heightened sensitivity during activities where there typically isn't, such as brushing your hair or gentle pressure of the skin. It usually presents as a symptom of various nerve-related conditions, such as fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis or migraines.
6EjR7 TIL Dolphins sleep with one eye open and one eye closed. This is because only half of their brain is asleep at a time.
KRP6 TIL that the songs of blue whales have been becoming progressively deeper each year. There is no explanation for this mysterious voice change.
4Xpmw TIL that over five million years ago the Mediterranean Sea almost dried up completely (after the closure of the Strait of Gibraltar) and when the strait opened up again it refilled somewhat rapidly in the event know as the Zanclean Flood.