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TIL humans are 99.9% genetically similar to other humans; 96% genetically similar to chimpanzees; 90% genetically similar to cats; 85% genetically similar to mice; 80% genetically similar to cows; 61% genetically similar to chickens; and 60% genetically similar to bananas.

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WkBoN TIL 5% of people do not experience a headache in their lifetime.
69dpX TIL of a former taxi driver turned billionaire who purchased a $170 million painting with his American Express card, earning enough reward points for a lifetime of first-class travel for his family.
dGZ7 TIL that soviet scientists have been genetically breeding a species of fox since the 1950’s and have created the only known tame species of fox in the world in just over 50 years
lom8N TIL a fan asked the studio making the 2018 Spider-man game on twitter to include a marriage proposal as an easter-egg which they agreed to do. They wrote "Maddie will you marry me?" on a theater marquee in the game but the couple broke up before the game was even released and it is still there.
Eg6nP TIL Hiram Bingham wasn’t the first to rediscover Machu Picchu. Peruvian farmer and explorer Agustín Lizárraga had arrived 9 yrs earlier, leaving an inscription "A. Lizárraga 1902." Sadly, he died one year after Bingham’s arrival, and his inscription was erased by Bingham for "preservation reasons."