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TIL That the Pentagon has 2 times more bathrooms than needed because it was built during segregation.

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W7pML TIL that the G.I. Joe U.S.S. Flagg aircraft carrier by Hasbro, which is 7 and a half feet long, over 3 feet wide, and almost 3 feet tall, is the largest playset ever produced for any line of action figures.
JYAy8 TIL Humans are still evolving. One fast-evolving gene is human accelerated region 1 (HAR1), which is needed during brain development. In Tibet, a rapid surge in frequency of a mutated gene that increases blood oxygen content gives locals a survival advantage in higher altitudes.
yPOa TIL that Ingo Potrykus, the co-inventor of golden rice (a genetically engineered, vitamin-A-rich strain of rice that could save millions of lives in developing countries), has called for his product to be distributed for free to poor farmers.
jNlRE TIL A 2005 study from Rutgers University theorized that the pre-1492 native populations of the Americas are the descendants of only 70 individuals who crossed the land bridge between Asia and North America.
loLxa TIL about the last large scale battle of World War 2. The defeat of the Japanese/Manchurian Kwangtung army, by Soviet forces.