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TIL According to a study, East Asians are capable of digesting seaweed because their gut bacteria went through repeated “genetic upgrades” that enabled them to digest and absorb seaweed.

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R7DN6 TIL Sylvester Stallone was not the actor that the producers wanted to star in 'Rocky'. With just $106 in his bank account, Stallone turned down a $300,000 offer — the equivalent of $1 million today — for the rights to 'Rocky' so he could star in the film himself.
b60l9 TIL that, even 35 years after the disaster, Chernobyl will be habitable again in about 20,000 years. Visiting is now considered safe, but there are still risks associated with touring due to the structural instability of the ruins.
EVlw TIL Norway gets 98-99% of its electricity from hydroelectric power, more than any other country
69A87 TIL if you plug a USB 3.0 cable in too slowly, it gets recognized as a USB 2.0 connection
9yWp TIL Gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka originally said “The whole is other than the sum of the parts” but is often incorrectly translated as “greater” rather than “other”. Koffka firmly corrected students saying “This is not a principle of addition. The whole has an independent existence.”