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TIL Video game players decode HIV gene in 3 weeks that researchers were looking for in 15 years!

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9YDjB TIL Rubik's cube has 43 quintillion combinations, and you are never more than 20 moves away from the solution.
5YkmQ TIL Telfar Clemens, the owner of the Telfar clothing brand, redesigned the uniforms for the White Castle fast food chain and dedicated the earnings to bailing out youths from Ryker's Island prison.
9YAYG TIL.. Most mosque designs are based on the Hagia Sophia, that was originally a Christian church in Turkey.
gv09 TIL that the youngest medically recorded mother was 5 years old. Her son was born healthy and was raised believing that his mom was his sister.
KOMWJ TIL of the Ultimate Coast to Coast challenge. This 5,500 mile ride starts at Key West, Florida, and goes up to the Artic Circle to the town Deadhorse, Alaska.