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TIL: 20 percent of the Neanderthal genome survives in modern humans of non-African ancestry.

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Zpkn4 TIL that during World War I, the French planned to build a fake Paris, complete with a duplicate Champs-Élysées, to confuse German bomber pilots.
Wk8b8 TIL the flight crew of Delta 1141 joked around about what they would say on the cockpit voice recorder if they crashed. 2 Minutes later, they crashed, killing 14 passengers.
6LQZ TIL that in 1971, when Frank Sinatra couldn’t get a ringside ticket to Ali & Frazier’s “Fight of the Century”, he managed to get a press pass to shoot photos for LIFE magazine instead.
Jyrm TIL There was a Dinosaur with Four Wings
reQ4 TIL when Microsoft bought all rights to Charles O'Rear’s iconic ‘Bliss’ photo, depicting green hills and a blue sky, they wanted the original film. When the courier learned how valuable it was, they declined to ship it due to lower insurance limits; O'Rear had to personally deliver it to Seattle.