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TIL human DNA contains roughly 750Mb of information.

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gM9rL TIL that Alan Rickman was originally chosen to voice Lord Farquaad from Shrek, but he chose instead to play Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.
j69yn TIL that NASA engineers created a set of beauty products because they thought astronauts might want to wear makeup during their space missions
e0PQg TIL Miss September 2017 Jessica Wall was shocked to learn that she was the last Playmate picked by Hugh Hefner before his passing. Hefner picked the Playmates for the magazine since the first issue in 1953, which featured Marilyn Monroe on the cover
4kvQb TIL that Walt Disney's 1928 animated short "Steamboat Willie" featuring Mickey Mouse is now part of the public domain after having finished its 95th year as a copyrighted work. This means that this specific version of MM is freely available to use in new creative works across all artistic mediums.
MeDA7 TIL that the ash from coal power plants contains uranium & thorium and carries 100 times more radiation into the surrounding environment than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.