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TIL that most of the world does not refrigerate their eggs.

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dDVAK TIL that human chromosomes are organized by length (chromosome 1 = biggest). After sequencing of the human genome, it was discovered that chromosome 22 was actually bigger than chromosome 21 making the organization out of order.
4Pda TIL the “navel” in a navel orange is actually a second, conjoined twin orange within the same peel
EYnd TIL that the Shortfin Mako Shark, the world’s fastest shark, can leap approximate 30 feet high or higher in the air.
e089E TIL Wolves make great foster parents and even adopt other species' offspring sometimes such as fox cubs!
nD59 TIL of Kim Ung-Yong, a South Korean man who was a guest student at a university at the age of 3, was invited by NASA to conduct research at 8, and earned a PhD in Civil Engineering at 15. He also has the highest IQ ever recorded in history.