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TIL that some people are ‘chimeras’, and are made up of the DNA of fraternal twins who fused to make one person.

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mxXbO TIL the gentleman from “it ain’t much but it’s honest work” is an expert in no till farming and has been published many times. No till farming reduces erosion and is more sustainable than traditional farming techniques.
Jr91 TIL Japan has the largest organised crime group in the world called Yamaguchi Gumi that is worth $80bn .By contrast, Sinaloa, Mexico’s largest drug cartel, was worth $3bn.
VMKlG TIL the canonical reason the documentary crew is filming the office in “The Office (u.s.) “ is to investigate the workplace environment after an employee committed suicide
1aWEd TIL the US Navy replaced expensive and clunky periscope controls on submarines with Xbox 360 controllers, which reduced training time from hours to minutes.
E7RP TIL an American socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, ran his campaign from the inside of a jail cell with the slogan “Vote for President Convict #9653” and garnered almost a million write-in votes in 1920