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TIL the marbled lungfish's genome contains 133 billion base pairs, making it the largest known genome of any vertebrate

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pjMG TIL that the French praised ‘Ratatouille’ for perfectly recreating the environment of a restaurant kitchen. One chef said, “When Colette teaches the young cook how you cut onions, how you cook vegetables in a pan, how you season everything — that’s it, that’s how we do it!”
5YajP TIL at the height of his fame actor Stacy Keach was sentenced to 9 months in Reading prison for attempting to smuggle 1.3 ounces of cocaine into the UK
b9Kjj TIL that in 2013, police in Sayre, OK were testing new sonar equipment in Foss Lake. They found two submerged cars containing 3 bodies each that had been missing since 1969 & 1970. Police later concluded all were accidental drownings w/ no foul play.
D8de TIL the 6th man to walk on the moon claimed peace-loving aliens came to earth in order to stop a USA vs Soviet nuclear war
ZpmZp TIL that until 2021, Maryland's state song was "Maryland, my Maryland," a confederate war poem set to the tune of 'O Tannenbaum.' The opening line refers to Abraham Lincoln as a tyrant, and the lyrics go on to describe the Union as "Northern Scum."