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TIL that experiences you have throughout your life, leave chemical markers on your DNA; essentially ingraining superficial experiences into your descendants.

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VMbm TIL that the Olympics asked for drummer Keith Moon, who died in 1978, to perform at this year’s closing ceremony.
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