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TIL that around 30 per cent all the adaptive mutations in our genome – a third of human evolution – has been in response to viruses.

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jKdQ TIL: The Soviet Union held it’s own version of the Olympic Games in which anyone could participate. The number of participants one year reached 90 million people.
VjoB TIL there is a game called Tamerlane chess which is similar to chess, with a different board, and includes elephants, camels, generals, war machines, 11 types of pawns, and several other pieces.
Z8BpQ TIL Ann Hodges was hit and injured by a meteorite, the only person so known
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