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TIL that the French each have a single card that holds their entire medical record going back to 1998, which can be scanned wherever they need medical attention

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M7YY8 TIL General Electric was one of the first members of Dow Index in 1895, and the last to remain there until 2018.
n5EG TIL that researchers estimate that the Internet consumes less than 2% of the total energy consumed by humanity (as of 2011)
5Lan TIL: The skin of all human beings is covered in stripes. They’re called Blaschko’s Lines, and they cover the body from head to toe. We just can’t see them.
0dMYA TIL that vast numbers of horses served in WW2 for transportation of troops and supplies. Germany used 2.75m and Russia used 3.5m.
VMbvp TIL There is a gene mutation which gives almost complete protection against HIV. 1% of Caucasians have the mutation, but among the Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern Europe, the rate is as high as 15%.