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TIL that 20% of scientific genetics research papers have errors due to Microsoft Excel's auto-formatting of gene names into dates

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61Gl TIL there is a $1 Million coin that is legal Canadian tender. They weigh 100 kg and are 99.999% gold. This is the highest face value ever to appear on any coin ever.
4Ydw TIL Seattle has so few African Americans downtown due to racial restrictive covenants which lasted well into the 1960 preventing minorities from owning homes in certain neighborhoods.
9wyPQ TIL After the Surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers in 1945, Emperor Hirohito Had to Renounce the Divinity of the Emperor Stating that "He is not a living god."
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