› added 5 years ago

161

TIL that parts of Russia and Alaska are only separated by 2.5 mi (4.02 km).

Read more alaskacenters.gov

via reddit.com

1P64 TIL that despite 2.5 to 4 percent of modern human DNA coming from Neanderthals, there are no known Y-chromosome genes from them. One hypothesis: modern human women’s immune system spontaneously aborted male fetuses carrying Neanderthal H-Y genes
GYOQQ TIL Some areas on earth are so remote that sometimes the closest human beings are astronauts aboard the International Space Station when it passes overhead.
8a5gX TIL cats eat their kitten's poop
ANpax TIl that the body of water Moses parts in the Bible is actually “The Reed Sea”. Scholars are unsure if this refers to the Red Sea.
47pw TIL of Vasily Stalin, son of Joseph Stalin and President of the USSR Air Force ice hockey team in 1950 when most of its members died in a snowstorm plane crash. Worried that his father would be angry, he concealed the crash and quickly replaced the deceased players.