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TIL why the cut apple turns brown. It turns out that the enzymes and polyphenols in the apple react with oxygen; now some apples on the market will not change color because they have been genetically modified.

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VEXm TIL Ants can get stuck in a circular pheromone trail, causing the entire colony to pinwheel forever until death.
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9YXjG TIL that humans are 99.9% genetically identical to each other. The 0.1% difference account for the various differences, like skin color, hair color, eyes, and even diseases.