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TIL Nearly 8% of the human genome is virus DNA. Meaning some of our ancestors survived a virus but still carry the DNA it inserted.

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1aGQO TIL there's a theory which suggests that early humans were first inspired to settle down and adopt agriculture in order to produce beer, rather than bread.
kOxD7 TIL in 2012, a burger king employee anonymously posted an image on 4-chan of him putting his feet in lettuce, with the caption: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." It took 20 minutes for people to track down the branch the employee worked at and contact the news. He was promptly fired.
J1yjj TIL that I, and 1 in 5 of you, have anisocoria—pupils that are generally different sizes. This doesn’t intrinsically represent a medical issue, but can be caused by a couple things, I.e. Horner’s Syndrome, Adie tonic pupil, oculomotor nerve palsy etc.
nYBr TIL: California is the only state that mandates comprehensive sex education
kJwAe TIL about Western Sahara, the last African colony without its independence. After the U.N. pressured Spain to give the colony up in the 1970s they agreed to joint governance with two neighboring countries, only to trigger an uprising by the region's residents. The government is still disputed today.