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TIL that early on Human Genome Project was opposed by 80% of biologists

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pYJVG TIL that when holding down the space bar on Apple, it lets you move the cursor to edit the sentence more easily
kRr5 TIL that after the Italian Prime Minister complained about Finnish cuisine, the Finns entered an international pizza competition, named their entry (with marinated reindeer meat) after the PM, and came in first place.
m4LO TIL that ice cubes found at the Chinese KFC chain were 12 times dirtier than toilet water-and 19 times the national bacteria level standard
b9e80 TIL that during the naval Battle of Tsushima in 1905, the Japanse fleet kept firing on the surrendering Russian ships as the Japanse code books didn't contain the signal for "surrender"
wooj6 TIL about the Lilliput effect: after a major extinction event, the animal species that survive tend to get smaller.