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TIL that earthworms have "completely scrambled" genomes, and belong to the taxonomic class Clitellata.

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OGAye TIL Prior to setting the 1964 and 1965 land speed records, Art Arfons bought a jet engine from a F-104 Starfighter from a scrap dealer for $600. He successfully fixed the engine and tested it by tying it to trees in his garden, despite objections from the government and his neighbors
E1Dp0 TIL Alvin Straight, a 73 year old, almost blind, man drove his John Deere lawn mower 240 miles to his brothers house after being denied his drivers license due to his eyesight.
9YPv6 TIL that in 2011 a 99-year-old Italian man divorced his 96-year-old wife after finding her secret love letters from the 1940s, revealing she had an affair
X0oek TIL of the Seoul peace market where in the 70’s workers were forced to take meth to work long shifts, and a young man named Jeon Tae-il self immolated to protest the working conditions there
oRygo TIL about the Zebra Murders a string of racially motivated serial killings in California that killed up to 15 people.