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TIL human DNA is 50% the same as bananas

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x6vng TIL That even with an outside temp of -49F, an igloo can have an internal temp between 19 and 61F from body-heat, alone.
E11XP TIL According to Global Drug Survey, Mushrooms are the safest drugs among the most popular drugs in the world. Meth is the most dangerous.
PoXJ TIL Hitler had an Irish nephew called William Patrick Hitler. He thought Adolf was a perverted madman and after emigrating from Ireland to the US he ended up enlisting to fight against his uncle in the medical corps
OGkY1 TIL The Statue of Liberty was originally designed for the Suez Canal in Egypt
Lk0Vm TIL A Chinese passenger attempted to open the plane's emergency door to get some air because it was "too hot and stuffy." The door fell off and the evacuation slide was activated. Similar incidents of passengers attempting to open plane doors have been described elsewhere in China.