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TIL that 8% of Asian men and .05% of men in the world are descendants of Genghis Khan

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oXR8 TIL of the The Ketchup ‘n’ Fries plant. Also known as the Pomato is the stem of a tomato plant grafted onto the root system of potato plant that can grow both tomatoes and potatoes at the same time.
mxKGp TIL Galaga (1981) had a predecessor: Galaxian (1979), which was the first popular video game to use RGB color graphics.
e05K4 TIL The extreme effect of the solar eclipse eye “sunburn” is a condition called solar retinopathy, which is sun blindness caused by overstimulation of the retina. The retina has no pain receptors, so people who burn their retinas won’t feel it until their vision becomes defective several days later
R7o8w TIL Rowan Atkinson was able to keep a plane in the air whilst waiting for his pilot to regain consciousness from passing out.
l7WBr TIL the firearms manufacturer, Beretta, will be 500 years old next year!