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TIL 50% of human DNA matches a banana

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oYA8 TIL that a spanish athlete added 20 metres to the javelin throw world record in 1956 using a style that was later banned due to the danger it posed to the public.
GmKJ TIL that in 2003, two men stole a Boeing 727 from an Angolan airport, never to be seen again.
YPQB TIL Lt James Launders is the only submarine commander in history to have engaged and destroyed an enemy submarine during time of war using only his own un-aided vessel while both ships were fully submerged
j5On TIL that the University of Minnesota is older than Minnesota the state itself
jNl0v TIL that Europe and Asia aren't actually continents, but are two parts of one large continent called Eurasia. The division between Europe and Asia is an historical social construct that originated from the Ancient Greeks.