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TIL lemons are a manmade hybrid of an orange and a citron

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9wB17 TIL: West African populations carry “ghost” DNA from an unknown archaic human species that doesn’t match Neanderthals or Denisovans. Hinting at mysterious lineage.
mxyEp TIL 35% of people wipe standing up.
dDVJK TIL that a history of suicide attempts is correlated with a sevenfold higher risk of dying of a heart attack before age 40
x4P7 TIL Raccoons are smarter than cats and dogs, and have approximately the same mental attributes as monkeys.
X0Rk TIL the word “para” in “Paralympics” actually refers to parallel, meaning it is held alongside the actual Olympics.