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TIL Girls can hear higher frequencies than boys and are more sensitive to sounds

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Wk97Y TIL during WWII, American POWs in Japan had a 40% chance of dying compared to American POWs in Germany who had a 1% chance of dying.
9XQX TIL:DNA barcoding was used to discover that of 1215 seafood samples from 674 restaurants and grocery stores in 21 U.S. states, a full third were mislabeled; The menu says red snapper, but it’s actually tilapia. The white tuna, meanwhile, is really escolar, while the seabass is Antarctic toothfish.
0n8v TIL: Of the top 10 deadliest wars in history, 7 were focused around or took place in China.
x6eAD TIL: When someone with a bone marrow transplant takes a DNA/ethnicity test, their results typically include the results of their donor. This is called genetic chimerism.
v1BJ8 TIL that in the early 1800’s the Russians tried to invade Hawaii, which was an independent kingdom at the time. However, a force of natives and American traders expelled them and forced them to return to Russia.