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TIL the Human Genome Project started in 1990 and by 2003, scientists had successfully documented 92% of the genome. However, it would take until 2022 before the final 8% was mapped and a full human genome was completely sequenced.

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6XvJ TIL Ash’s mom (from pokemon) used to date Giovanni, and was a member of team rocket.
Mx80 TIL Isaac Newton invented calculus when Cambridge University was closed due to the bubonic plague.
nWdGr TIL the Irukandji jellyfish is tiny, almost invisible in the water, yet its sting can cause such extreme pain and terror that people experience days of anxiety, hallucinations, and a feeling of impending death
7ryD7 TIL Marlon Brando refused to memorise his lines in 'Last Tango in Paris'. Cue cards were posted around & out of the frame. His eyes lifting upward in one act was not spontaneous dramatic acting but a search for his next cue card. And once asked if he could "write lines on Maria Schneider's rear end"
78ZoL TIL that the normally serious and reserved Duke of Wellington, began an on the spot flamenco dance, when he heard that Napoleon had abdicated.