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TIL human DNA is 50% the same as bananas
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TIL that, in 1803, an English town experienced so many ghost sightings that its citizens formed armed ghost-patrols to catch the spirit. The hunt ended when a bricklayer dressed in white was mistaken for the ghost and shot in the face.
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TIL Koi fish, while superficially signifying "good luck," most strongly mean "perseverance in the face of adversity" because they swim against the current. In legend, they swam up a waterfall and turned into a golden dragon upon reaching the top.
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TIL about White Tower restaurants started in the 1920s, which was a knock off of White Castle, had staff dressed as nurses to help give the impression that it was a hygienic place to eat.
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TIL a man was snorkeling off the coast of South Africa when an enormous Bryde's whale scooped him up in his mouth headfirst. The man felt pressure on his body but soon realized he was too big for the whale to swallow him whole which was "kind of an instant relief." The whale spat him out unharmed.
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TIL of Hyperparasites; parasites that evolved to parasitize other parasites.