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TIL that if the genealogy of the early Germanic chroniclers is true, Queen Elizabeth II is descended from the god Odin

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4XNxN TIL Human genome is 3.3Gb in size. HIV virus is only 9.7kb. Largest known virus genome is 2.47Mb (pandoravirus salinus). Largest known vertebrate genome is 130Gb (marbled lungfish). Largest known plant genome is 150Gb (paris japonica). Largest known genome is 670Gb (Amoeboid) but is disputed.
WkEL TIL that 21 out of 29 dogs yawn too if a stranger yawns at them, but don’t if the stranger simply opens their mouth
Eg9vo TIL that Granula was the first manufactured breakfast cereal, invented by James Caleb Jackson in 1863. Not to be confused with Granola, which was later created by John Kellog, and renamed as Grape-Nuts to avoid being sued by Jackson.
GrG TIL a bald, blind, and deaf man was struck by lightning and all 3 conditions were fixed
4GAg TIL the serious actors in Airplane! were specifically instructed and directed to “play it like they don’t know they’re in a comedy. Like no one told them.”