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TIL there are Pacific Islanders with black skin and blond hair who’s DNA is the only type in the world to show more of a link to Denisovans than Neanderthals.

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7rEYP TIL about Apocryphal Gospels: ancient writings about Jesus not recognized by the Church
PYamE TIL that due to the way that the International Date Line is drawn, it will take 26 hours for every place on Earth to enter 2018.
5YkOR TIL about Mario Rigby who walked from Cape Town, South Africa, to Cairo, Egypt. It took him 2 years and he walked 7,456 miles. He was greeted with kindness in most villages on his journey and offered free lodging and food.
Vyl0 TIL that there was a study done by Steven Stack and Jim Gundlach that showed that the more airtime country music got, the higher the suicide for white males.
X90j TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger has a brother Meinhard who was favored by his father (a former Nazi party member) and died in a drunk driving crash at 24. Arnold did not attend his brother or dad’s funerals.