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TIL 1 in 10 inhabitants on the island of Pingelap is color blind due to a ‘population bottleneck’ in 1775 after a catastrophic typhoon swept through the remote island leaving only 20 survivors. One of the survivors was King Nanmwarki Mwanenihsed, patient 0 with the rare Achromatopsia gene.

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