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TIL human DNA contains roughly 750Mb of information.

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9K9r TIL the word ‘Ortheopy’, meaning 'the correct pronunciation of words’ can itself be pronounced five different ways.
Rela TIL that, once, while on a tour bus, Busta Rhymes heard one of the songs on Eminem’s “Slim Shady EP” and got so into the music that he smashed his head on the windshield of the bus, breaking the whole windshield, because he said Eminem’s music was so compelling and powerful.
bMx4 TIL if you stare at yourself in a mirror 1.5m away, you’re looking at yourself 10 nanoseconds in the past (ignoring visual processing time)
ER87 TIL that raccoons are called “washing bears” in many languages.
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