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

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Vm10 TIL the CDC did a study and found that you could track food poisoning outbreaks simply by searching for words like “sick,” “vomit,” “diarrhea” or “food poisoning” in Yelp reviews
b617Q TIL that the notion that congenitally blind people can’t develop schizophrenia is a myth. There have been multiple confirmed cases of people born blind who were later also diagnosed with schizophrenia.
l7vA5 TIL that Magnus Carlsen intentionally plays non-book "inaccuracies" during opening (moves he knows aren't the best), in order to force the game into a non-book position, so his opponents will have to think for themselves instead of going by memorized opening theory.
kOYEd TIL Coca-Cola approved the use of their famous polar bear ad in the film Natural Born Killers without knowing what it was about, and were furious when they found out
KOkYE TIL that crocodilians are the closest living relatives of birds