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TIL that humans are more genetically similar to cats (90% in common) than dogs (82%).

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4kXxX TIL NASA logo merchandise has been seeing growing demand since 2017, when Coach asked permission to use NASA’s 1970s-designed, retro red logo type for its collection and then approval requests doubled. NASA doesn’t make a cent off merchandise bearing its name
W79nY TIL that San Marino used to be the only communist republic west of the Iron Curtain until a "coup d'état" from the Christian Democratic Party ousted the communists and socialists from ruling the country. The new government was immediately recognised by France, United States and Italy.
l7YXK TIL that not only does melanin determine skin pigmentation, but it also affects predisposition to Parkinson's Disease and other CNS pathologies, depending on its level of occurrence in the brain as neuromelanin (NM).
YoZr TIL “Devo” bassist/singer Gerald Casale witnessed the Kent State shootings. That day, he “stopped being a hippie” and focused on their concept of devolution, that mankind has begun to regress.
gM0G9 TIL that Lake Champlain was officially recognized as the sixth Great Lake for 18 days in March of 1998.