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TIL 50% of human DNA matches a banana

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YpxwA TIL that during the Civil War the king of Siam (now known as Thailand) offered Lincoln war elephants to help fight the confederates. Lincoln respectfully declined.
R7Y58 TIL In 2016 a company crowdfunded a fake video game console. The company used tape and cardboard with an Atari Jaguar shell and an SNES motherboard to show it off at a trade show. After confronted they were unable to produce a working prototype and canceled the console.
16RmD TIL the PGA Tour is a non-profit entity
OXKY TIL A Stretch of Route 66 Will Play ‘America the Beautiful’ as You Drive to the Side
xVd87 TIL: Brightline, the Florida based rail service that currently operates between Miami and West Palm Beach, is the nation's deadliest railroad with more than 40 people killed at rail crossings in the first two years of operation.