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TIL at least 90% of the human genome is non-functional and commonly referred to as "junk DNA"

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nWwyr TIL that when the small town of Delton, Michigan received a foreign exchange student, the host family thought the Austrian boy had exaggerated his size. Bernhard Raimann a) was 6' 6" tall and b) wanted to play American football. He dominated local teams, got a college scholarship, and is in the NFL.
nWaj9 TIL recurring dreams about being unprepared for—or failing—an exam symbolises that we are feeling unprepared in regard to a challenging situation in waking life. The subconscious mind is referring to the past in order to provide similarities to help make sense of our current experience
YXoA TIL That a Subaru Plant Throws Away Less Rubbish in 1 Year Than a Family of 4 Does in 1 Day
E1r4V TIL Tupac's album All Eyez On Me was called Euthanasia at first. The reason for the album's name change was, as Tupac said in December of 1995, "That’s how I feel it is. I got the police watching me, the Feds. I got the females that want to charge me with false charges and sue me and all that."
0OeL TIL three Canadian women were held in a Seattle detention centre after an elaborate Kinder Egg smuggling ring was uncovered.