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Sharks and Dolphins Look Identical. They Have Nothing to Do With Each Other.
Same shape, same fins, one is a fish and one used to have legs. Nature finding the same answer twice is one of my favorite things in biology.
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We Have a Broken Gene for Making Vitamin C
Almost every mammal produces its own vitamin C. We lost that ability 61 million years ago. The broken gene is still in our DNA, just sitting there.
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8% of Your DNA Is Ancient Viruses
Viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago wrote themselves into the genome and never left. They're still in there. In you. Right now.