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TIL That humans share 50% of our DNA with Bananas 🍌

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E1Zn0 TIL 3 Harvard scientists were paid US$50,000 in the 1960s to promote sugar use and paint fat as the bad guy
ANgVa TIL PT Barnum's intended 'Jenny Lind Hall' wasn't complete in time for the opera singer's U.S. tour. Establishing opera for the masses in the U.S., her shows were a smash hit. The theater later became NY Metropolitan Hall.
yQv6M TIL Cotton in pill bottles serves no purpose today (actually recommended to remove), but is a continued practice because consumers got used it. It was first inserted by Bayer in the early 1900s so their powdery pills wouldn’t break.
89pG TIL Princess Leia’s iconic metal bikini was inspired by Fisher’s complaints that the loose-fitting outfits she wore in the Star Wars concealed her feminine physique.
gEZA TIL that in 2005 Nintendo released a game known as Super Princess Peach. In the game, Mario, Toad and Luigi have been captured by Bowser and Peach must rescue them, as well as collecting the all powerful ‘Vibe Scepter’