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TIL human DNA is 50% the same as bananas

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gMW6A TIL there are myths of an advanced civilization of red haired people who disappeared after the last ice age (5,000+ years ago)
Lk6Er TIL breathing the air in Mumbai for one day during Diwali is as good as smoking Two packs of cigarettes.
gMaXL TIL It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion.
DKxp TIL that over 90% of the population of Canada lives within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
MLW TIL that despite popular belief, violence now is much lower than previous decades/centuries.