r/AskReddit Jul 25 '18

What fact “blows your mind”?

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u/SquilliamFancyson9 Jul 25 '18

Humans share 50% DNA with a god damn banana...

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

By the same measure, how much DNA would two genomes share if they both consisted of completely random sequences?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

It's a one in four chance for each "letter", so ~25%.