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TIL 50% of human DNA matches a banana

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MejXB TIL that a MASSIVE solar storm just barely missed Earth in 2012. Power grids all over the world would have been catastrophically compromised & so would the lives of the entire population.
Bg8Rb TIL Walmart stores receive 3-4 times more police calls than other big-box retailers like Target. In St. Petersburg, FL, 25% of all arrests are made at a single Walmart location, while in Granite Falls, NC, 92% of larceny calls are attributed to a single Walmart store.
aw4p9 TIL When Charlie Chaplin won his honorary Oscar in 1972 for “the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century” he received a 12 minute standing ovation.
4QB5 TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with: men’s pace slows down by an average of 7% when walking w/ female partners they’re interested in; women walking together move the slowest; & men walking w/ male friends moved at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.
Avgx TIL Using facial recognition software, an airport’s vending machine dispensed free coffee for anyone who yawned