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TIL all humans alive on the planet today are related to a single individual who lived as recently as a few thousand years ago, according to the most realistic scientific models to find the "Most Recent Common Ancestor"

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4dM6 TIL: Carrots are bad for rabbits and the misconception started with the popularity of Bugs Bunny cartoons.
17WV TIL you shouldn’t breathe on your lens to clean it, your breath contains harmful acids that could damage the lens coating. (x-post from Photography)
6ZX TIL The Venus Flytrap is native to only the Wilmington, North Carolina area.
8eP0K TIL Gangkhar Puensum is the tallest mountain in Bhutan and the tallest unclimbed mountain at 7,570 m (24,840 ft). Gankhar Puensum will likely remain the tallest unclimbed mountain as mountaineering above 6,000 m (20,000 ft) has been prohibited in Bhutan since 1994 to respect spiritual beliefs.
nRlr TIL in 1973 two men were stranded 1,575 feet below the ocean when their submarine buoyancy tank inadvertently flooded. They were rescued after 76 hours with only 12 minutes of air remaining. It was the deepest underwater rescue mission in history.