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TIL All humans share a 99.9% identical genome making us all only 0.01% unique.

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neYjd TIL A man in Atlanta confounded doctors and specialists for over a year with a condition which did not respond to any therapies. After he mentioned that he played clarinet in a Dixieland jazz band, researchers examined his instrument and discovered Exophiala fungus inside his mouthpiece
9wMgr TIL mosquito's are unable to fly / feed in wind above 10mph which means if you have a fan outside you can enjoy the outdoors without being bitten! A simple solution which doesn't involve chemicals, sprays etc. Simply having decent wind will ensure you can entertain and most people appreciate a fan.
p87O TIL 789 grams of potent dried cannabis were found buried alongside a 2700 year old light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man in Northwestern China.
R5Lyl TIL that when Telly Savales was a child, he won a spelling bee at Cobbett Junior High School in 1934, but did not get the winner's award until 1991, due to an oversight
mxOrO TIL about Snuggles who is a mouse that ate heroin left on a table. Overdosing on the heroin, Snuggles the mouse was unresponsive and barely breathing when brought into an overdose prevention site in Vancouver B.C. Volunteers at the site administered Narcan and was able to save Snuggles's life.