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TIL that DNA has a 521-year half-life
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TIL of the Mean World syndrome, a cognitive bias where people perceive the world to be more dangerous than it actually is due to heavy exposure to violence-related content on mass media.
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TIL that the first amored car of a president of the USA was the confiscated car of Al Capone!
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TIL at its height, the British East India Company had a private military force twice the size of the actual British Army.
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TIL that there’s a 307-mile highway in Italy that was started in the 60s, isn’t yet finished, what is finished is falling apart, received $471 million in EU grants but most of the money went to the Mafia.
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TIL that the destruction wrought by hurricanes results in lizards with strong toes, thanks to natural selection