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TIL that half the DNA on the NYC Subway matches no known organism

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b9WXZ TIL that a LEGO Death Star built to the scale of a classic Minifigure would be 3.52 km in diameter, or 1066 stories high.
QJo6M TIL that Nokia made face masks and respirators for 60 years, and worked as a double agent for the Pentagon against the Soviet Union.
NXrJQ TIL that “acclimation societies” used to intentionally introduce non-native species into new environments. House sparrows and starlings were introduced to the US this way. There are now 200 million starlings in North America, and they are listed as one of the 100 worst invasive species.
p6OA TIL that ‘saddam hussein’ is a golf term meaning to go from bunker to bunker
epxZk TIL of the 172-year old Botafumeiro, a giant incense spreader (AKA a "thurible") that is swung from the ceiling of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain at speeds of about 68 km/h, reaching 21 meters from the ground at the height of its 65-meter arc