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TIL is I can't be wrongfully convicted from a DNA profile
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TIL that if we took all the surface water on earth and made it into a sphere, its diameter would only be 860mi or the distance between Salt Lake City Utah and Topeka Kansas.
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TIL that the most decorated unit in the history of the US Military was composed almost entirely of 2nd generation Japanese-American soldiers during WW2, the 442nd Infantry Regiment.
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TIL that one group (only 12% of the US population) is devouring as much as half of America's beef.
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TIL that in 3000 BC the North Star was not Polaris, but a star called Thuban, because the axis of the earth was pointed in a different direction back then. This is because of the precession of equinoxes speeding and slowing down of the earth's spin through imperceptible intervals.
BGYL
TIL: Green olives and black olives are not different species. The distinction reflects whether they were picked before or after ripening.