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TIL that Tibetans underwent the fastest genetic change ever observed in humans. Biologists found 30+ genes with DNA mutations more prevalent in Tibetans than their predecessors, the Han Chinese, half of which help the body regulate oxygen use. They even have a "super-athlete gene" called EPAS1.

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Oj0L TIL Google paid a fine of $22.5 million for illegal data collection, $500 million for knowingly allowing fraudulent pharmacies to advertise on their site, and were accused of profiting from women sex trafficking by 38 different anti-trafficking organizations.
mxvWO TIL that the Russians partied so hard after the end of WW2 was announced that the entire city of Moscow ran out of Vodka.
Wk0B8 TIL That in 1941, Rudolf Hess, the "Deputy Fuhrer" of Nazi Germany, seemingly without Hitler's knowledge, flew to Scotland in a deranged plan to meet a Scottish baron he knew, and through him meet with Churchill to persuade him to stop the war. He was found by a farmer and immediately imprisoned.
PYnxE TIL A circle roughly 2,500 miles in diameter, when placed over the right part of Asia, could hold more than half the world's population
XEpYE TIL that on 4 June 2012, the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell exactly 64.89--Almost certainly a coincidence, but was viewed as threat by authorities due to the association with the Tienanmen Square Massacre (6/4/89); Today, China censors all information related to the index that day.