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TIL that about 8% of human DNA is composed of ancient viruses that infected us millions of years ago.

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awZ7J TIL that a sperm whale’s clicks are powerful enough to easily blow out a divers eardrums or vibrate a diver to death.
VBBjD TIL that cannabis and hops both belong to the same family, Cannabaceae.
WkB94 TIL that George Papandreou and Antonis Samaras were roommates in Amherst College in the United States in the 1970s. Both went on to become Prime Ministers of Greece.
78g5b TIL that there’s 1,300 massive toxic waste sites on the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL) and 42,000 more on the non-NPL list. That’s 2+ toxic waste incidents in all 19,400 cities, towns and villages in the US, on average!!
OGMR7 TIL Steven Spielberg filmed both Jurassic Park and Schindler's List in the same year, 1993. For help, Spielberg asked George Lucas to finish post production sound on Jurassic Park and the film won best sound at the Academy Awards.