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TIL that DNA has a 521-year half-life

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kOV44 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.
l8wV TIL that the first amored car of a president of the USA was the confiscated car of Al Capone!
8aG5P TIL at its height, the British East India Company had a private military force twice the size of the actual British Army.
a4WN 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.
GYaBQ TIL that the destruction wrought by hurricanes results in lizards with strong toes, thanks to natural selection