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TIL Children of identical twins are genetically siblings not cousins

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BrpNb TIL In 552AD two monks successfully smuggled silkworm eggs in their walking sticks from China to the Byzantine Empire, essentially ending the silk monopolies of China and Persia, and bringing silk manufacture to Europe.
Aa0x TIL Starcraft was the first computer game to be played in space.
lorm7 TIL that the simulation black hole in the movie Interstellar ended up actually deepening our understanding of black holes and adding to the scientific community
w5PJ TIL the U.S. government used 1,760 Playstation 3’s to build a supercomputer for the Department of Defense. Their reason: It was more cost efficient and “green”.
W7dl9 TIL: In the past, coin purses showed social status by the embroidery and quality. Men would even gift their new bride a purse embroidered with a love story. Both men and women had coin purses or purses for thousands of years dating back to 3300 BC until pockets were invented for men in the 1700s.