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TIL that thunderstorms create antimatter
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TIL that Jacqueline Kennedy requested an eternal flame for her husband’s grave and that group of Catholic schoolchildren were sprinkling the temporary flame with holy water. The cap came off the bottle and water poured onto the flame, putting it out.
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TIL Human genome is 3.3Gb in size. HIV virus is only 9.7kb. Largest known virus genome is 2.47Mb (pandoravirus salinus). Largest known vertebrate genome is 130Gb (marbled lungfish). Largest known plant genome is 150Gb (paris japonica). Largest known genome is 670Gb (Amoeboid) but is disputed.
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TIL : The factorial of a number is the result of the multiplication of the numbers preceding it and the number itself like : 5! = 12345 = 120
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TIL lobsters have the enzyme called "telomerase" which stops DNA strands called "telomeres" from damage as new cells are made. Other organisms' telomeres erode with age, but lobsters can theoretically live forever, because their ability to create perfect copies of cells never erodes.
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TIL that in the UK, a 2015 study found that among professed vegetarians, 39% admitted to having eaten a kebab while under the influence of alcohol.