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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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PmAO TIL that Joseph Stalin ordered his top scientists to create a hybrid ape-man. In the dictator’s eyes, this hybrid man would be the greatest solider, capable of great strength but with an underdeveloped brain so as to be easily controlled.
Y78BW TIL that 85% of all Microplastics are Synthetic Clothing fibers (from loads of laundry)
5YlBn TIL the owners of the Titanic demanded huge sums of money at the time to return the bodies of ship's crew to their grieving families.
DQMKj TIL that Kurt Vonnegut based Kilgore Trout on author Theodore Sturgeon. He did not disclose this until after Sturgeon's death.
dDk7E TIL: Fallopian Tubes and Ovaries are NOT directly connected in humans and have a gap between them