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TIL that doctors have “estimated that up to one-third of the world’s population is infected with M. tuberculosis”. Most of these infections are asymptomatic and do not cause or spread disease, but the bacteria can spontaneously reactivate at any time leading to new outbreaks.

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 8:19 am

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TIL in 2012 a woman high on crystal meth set fire to a Swamp Cyprus tree estimated to be 3,500 years old. The tree, nicknamed The Senator, formed part of a public park where people could admire the living treasure. It did not survive the fire.

by whatilearned June 24, 2022, 5:17 am

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TIL by calculating the number of synapses and neurons, the human brain has been estimated to hold up to 2.5 petabytes of information

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 10:31 pm

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TIL during WWI, President Wilson recruited “Four Minute Men” – 75,000 volunteers gave 4-minute public speeches nationwide to encourage patriotism and participation in the war effort. An estimated 7.5 million talks were given to 300+ million listeners (in a nation of 103 million) in just 18 months.

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 4:14 am

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TIL That over a 70 year period, an estimated 333,000 children were abused within France’s Catholic Church.

by whatilearned June 10, 2022, 5:22 am

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TIL: An estimated 10% of all adult male robin deaths and 3% of female deaths are caused by other robins attacking them

by whatilearned June 6, 2022, 8:00 pm

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TIL Half of Adult Americans Were Exposed to Harmful Levels of Lead as Children, Causing An Average Estimated IQ Drop of More Than 2 Points

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 7:21 pm

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TIL that it was estimated that Canadian country star “Stompin'” Tom Connors smoked up to 100 cigarettes a day. He lived to be 77.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 2:10 am

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TIL that during the East German coffee crisis in the 1970s, care packages from the West ended up providing an estimated 25% of all coffee in East Germany. Demand for the fruit bread which was the traditional return gift was so high a minister proposed a ban on gifting it.

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 5:03 pm

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TIL of Bullshit Jobs – it’s been estimated that over half of societal work is pointless.

by whatilearned May 8, 2022, 12:08 pm

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TIL that there are more non-human cells in your body than there are human cells. In a human body there are around 30 trillion human cells, but the microbiome (bacteria, viruses & fungi that live on and in us) is an estimated 39 trillion cells.

by whatilearned April 16, 2022, 6:29 am

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TIL That the IRS penalizes individuals for underpayment of estimated taxes. The penalty may apply even if the IRS owes you a refund.

by whatilearned April 12, 2022, 4:21 am

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