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TIL that there was a movie called Moonrunners that was the prequel for Dukes of Hazard

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16aK7 TIL puff adder snake bites is estimated to cause over 40,000 deaths annually in Africa
D4Yg TIL the “average” white American is 0.7% African by genetic descent, and that up to 30% of white Americans are between 2 and 20% African by genetic descent. Conversely, 10% of all black Americans are actually more than 50% European by genetic descent.
BWEK TIL that in July, after receiving a warning from the FBI on his PC, Jay Matthew Riley turned himself in to police for possessing child pornography. The warning was fake and generated by a worm that had infected his computer.
LkMAv TIL the reason seals, whales, and other diving mammals can hold their breath for so much longer than non-diving mammals is because they have a special type of myoglobin (oxygen-biding protein) that is positively-charged, preventing disease-causing clumping (like tau in Alzheimer’s).
wYVo TIL a music artist has to get over 4 million plays on Spotify each month to equal a minimum wage living. (Article also shows how much of each other type of media would have to be sold to earn minimum wage.)