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TIL that humans of non-African descent all come from Homo Sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals and Denisovans after migrating to Eurasia, making up 1-4% and 4-6% of DNA respectively

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LQR8Z TIL the greatest loss of life in the history of helicopter aviation, was during the Second Chechen War in 2002, when a Russian Mi-26 transport helicopter was shot down and crash landed in a minefield, ultimately killing 127 of the 142 soldiers onboard.
r69d TIL: While the FBI was searching for Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner they found 8 other bodies of missing black men killed by the Klan.
l7Z8B TIL that Hong Kong still uses bamboo for scaffolding on their tallest buildings.
P1jBZ TIL the Climax mine, the largest molybdenum mine in the world, was originally sold for $40,000 in 1918 (~$800,000 today) because the prospector had no idea what the mineral was. The mine would later go on to supply 3/4 of the world's molybdenum, being an important alloy in jet engines.
KOxjR TIL that Freeform, formerly the Family Channel, the Fox Family Channel and ABC Family, was originally an evangelical Christian channel called the CBN Satellite Service before being sold to Fox and later Disney