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TIL there are ants that stink: "odorous house ants"

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OGABY TIL the Human Genome Project started in 1990 and by 2003, scientists had successfully documented 92% of the genome. However, it would take until 2022 before the final 8% was mapped and a full human genome was completely sequenced.
16E7 TIL that Gandhi used to sleep naked next to young Indian girls in order to test his resolve to chastity
74wb TIL: In 1995 Christopher Reeve starred in the film Above Suspicion, in which he played a quadriplegic character. It premiered 6 days before his horse riding accident.
Vx00 TIL The U.S provides GPS service world wide for free, while U.S tax payers pay $2 million dollars a day to keep it operating.
neEjd TIL Archaeologists have found slingshot balls engraved with “Take that!” or “Catch!”, dating from 4th BC Greece.