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TIL that DNA has a 521-year half-life

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VMgl8 TIL Dubai held a weight loss competition where they gave out 1 gram of gold for every kilogram lost by the participants
4pp6 TIL Newborn babies choose to look at attractive faces over plain ones - suggesting that recognizing appealing faces is hardwired at birth.
Oov0g TIL certain male beetles have spiky penises that injure the females so that their sperm can seep into the bloodstream and encourage other physiological reactions that increase fertility.
jN0ap TIL that during WW2, a unit of the US Army called the 442nd Battalion(a unit made up almost entirely of Japanese Americans) scaled a <1000 foot cliff in complete darkness to launch a surprise attack on the Germans and break the Gothic Line.
woAlE TIL a serial killer “Barbie” Karla Homolka, who together with her husband “Ken” Paul Bernardo murdered 3 young women including her own sister, spent only 12 years in prison & is happily married to her trial attorney’s brother raising 3 children