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TIL that 5-8% of the modern human genome came from ancient viruses.

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W8Go TIL A UK university was fine £400,000 after 2 students were accidentally given a lethal dose of caffeine during a scientific experiment. Because of a misplaced decimal point on the phone used to calculate the caffeine dosage, they received 30g instead of the planned 0.3g. The lethal dose is 18g.
kO6X1 TIL Venus Flytrap s only appear naturally on the coasts of NC, and SC; all within the 60 mile (100km) radius of Wilmington, NC
M7X8A TIL about Fusionism, where from 1894 to 1900 the North Carolina Republican Party and the Populist Party collaborated via electoral fusion to compete against the North Carolina Democratic Party. This coalition would play a pivotal role as being victims of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898.
ZpG5a TIL of Bonin English, an English-based creole of the Bonin Islandssouth of Japan with strong Japanese influence, to the extent that it has been called a mixture of English and Japanese.
MB4B TIL that livestock farming generates over 18% of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions, where as all the world’s cars, trains, planes and boats account for a combined 13%.