TIL that identical twins have a unique DNA signature that lasts a lifetime, and scientists can now tell if someone was originally conceived as a twin.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 02:42AM by SilverPeachBlossom
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Identical twins carry a persistent epigenetic signature of early genome programming
Monozygotic (MZ) twins and higher-order multiples arise when a zygote splits during pre-implantation stages of development. The mechanisms underpinning this event have remained a mystery. Because MZ twinning rarely runs in families, the leading hypothesis…
TIL The vaquita is the rarest and most endangered animal on earth, with an estimated 6-8 left in the entire world.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 03:21AM by MadWorldEarth
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Population of Vaquita Porpoises Has Dwindled to Ten, but a Rebound Isn’t Out of the Question
If protected from illegal fishing, scientists say the critically endangered species has enough genetic diversity to recover
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TIL the Imperial Japanese Army killed 250,000 Chinese civilians while searching for US airmen after the Doolittle Raid,
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 06:42AM by DepecheModeFan_
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Doolittle Raid
The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu during World War II. It was the first American air operation to strike…
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TIL in terms of endurance, there is no living animal that can beat a human; basic human biology makes humans the ultimate runners
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 07:43AM by LeavesInsults1291
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Science
The Evolution of Endurance
Physiologic adaptations may have made humans better runners
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TIL that a basketball player, Boban Janković, frustrated with his fifth foul, slammed his head into a padded concrete post, leaving him unable to walk for the rest of his life.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 12:56PM by Henwoows
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Boban Janković
Slobodan "Boban" Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан "Бобан" Јанковић; December 15, 1963 – June 28, 2006) was a Serbian professional basketball player. His son, Vlado Janković, is also a professional basketball player.
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TIL that humans have been giving animals personal names since at least 2300 BC
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 04:44AM by course_you_do
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Abuwtiyuw
The Egyptian dog Abuwtiyuw, also transcribed as Abutiu (died before 2280 BC), was one of the earliest documented domestic animals whose name is known. He is believed to have been a royal guard dog who lived in the Sixth Dynasty (2345–2181 BC), and received…
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TIL New Zealand is the only country that’s allowed to put Hobbit-related images on their currency
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 08:35AM by QuotePuzzleheaded638
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Thekiwikit
Fun facts about New Zealand that you'll love!
Bet you didn't know these fascinating facts about New Zealand that'll have you looking like the smartest person at your next dinner party! Plus, it'll probably make you fall in love with the country even more.
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TIL Switzerland forced Liechtenstein in 1949 to cede the strategically important Ellhorn by threatening to end the customs union. In return, some of Liechtenstein's war debts were cancelled and a land swap took place.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 02:08PM by BezugssystemCH1903
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Ellhorn
mountain in the Rätikon in Grissons
TIL Switzerland has accidentally invaded neighboring Liechtenstein several times. On one such occasion, the Liechtensteiners reportedly offered drinks to the Swiss soldiers, who declined and quickly departed.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 05:08PM by ILoveTabascoSauce
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Liechtenstein–Switzerland relations
bilateral relations between Switzerland and Liechtenstein
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TIL of Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiat woman who lived for two years, 8 months of those years alone, as a castaway on the uninhabited Wrangel Island. She survived by learning to hunt foxes, build boats, and sew parkas out of reindeer skin.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 05:01PM by Voyager_AU
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Wikipedia
Ada Blackjack
Iñupiat explorer
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TIL Navy SEAL Team 6, the famed covert unit that killed Bin Laden, was named to make US Special Forces seem more plentiful to the Soviets; only SEAL Teams 1 and 2 existed prior.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 04:20PM by Parking_Spot
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HISTORY
The Birth of SEAL Team Six
Explore the (mostly) secret history of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, aka SEAL Team Six.
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TIL that Homer’s Iliad ends with Hector’s funeral. This means that the Trojan Horse and Achilles’ death aren’t from the Iliad.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 06:38PM by DrKillBilly
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Iliad
epic poem attributed to Homer
TIL Muhammad Ali dedicated his defeat of Joe Frazier in the 1975 boxing heavyweight championship to one of his favorite actors, Christopher Lee, best known at the time for playing Dracula & Bond villain Scaramanga
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 07:08PM by migranha
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gamesradar
The Total Film Interview - Christopher Lee
"They said I was too tall to be an actor. I thought 'Right, I'll show you...'". Six decades and 224 films later, consider them shown. Bloodsucker, dark lord, bad wizard, close personal friend of Muhammad Ali… It’s Christopher ‘The Count
TIL: The number one top grossing movie that never hit #1 during its release was 2023's Oppenheimer
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 08:08PM by today_okay
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Wikipedia
Oppenheimer (film)
2023 film by Christopher Nolan
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TIL that Winston Churchill was prescribed ‘Indefinite’ quantities of alcohol during prohibition
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 10:29PM by CharmingLia02
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HistoryNet
A Doctor’s Note for Booze? Winston Churchill Prescribed ‘Indefinite’ Quantities of Alcohol During Prohibition
Medical professionals touted that daily doses of alcohol could stave off, among other things, cancer, indigestion, and depression.
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TIL a pair of fossilized hadrosaur vertebrae exists with a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth embedded inside, surrounded by healed bone growth. This indicates the animal was attacked by a T. rex and survived.
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 09:22PM by Temnodontosaurus
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the Guardian
A near miss for a Tyrannosaurus rex: evidence of failed predation
New evidence suggests legendary dinosaur Tyrannosaurus was an active predator, if not always a successful one writes Dr Dave Hone
TIL About the rural "Fasci Siciliani", a political movement in southern Italy which preached Socialism as the true faith of Christ, they held Crosses alongside red flags and pictures of Marx at their meetings, the movement spread like an epidemic reaching 300k members in 4 years before it was banned
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Submitted September 25, 2024 at 11:03PM by Upstairs_Garden_687
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Wikipedia
Fasci Siciliani
popular movement in Sicily
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TIL the average age for virginity loss in the USA is 17 years old.
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 12:34AM by paulbunyanshat
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TIL there is enough actinide metal (thorium and uranium) on Earth to sustain Breeder Reactors, which produce more fissile material than they consume, leading to enough fuel to satisfy the world's energy needs at 1983 levels for 5-billion years, making nuclear energy effectively renewable
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 03:16AM by Plupsnup
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Wikipedia
Breeder reactor
nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes
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TIL Joan of Leeds, a 14th century nun, faked her own death by crafting a dummy “in the likeness of her body” in order to escape her convent & allegedly pursue “the way of carnal lust.” She was discovered around 30 miles (48 km) away living "indecently" with a man & was denounced as an apostate.
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 04:03AM by tyrion2024
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Joan of Leeds
early-14th-century runaway English nun
TIL that the end of the Stone Age to the present represents only around 0.7% of human history.
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Submitted September 26, 2024 at 05:22AM by PoopMobile9000
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Stone Age
broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make implements