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e0yP4 TIL There is a fictional antibiotic called Kalocin from 1969. Also potential new antibiotics called Halocin and Halicin. Last one named after HAL (a space odyssey). Links to real ones in comments
Xx9R TIL that a US submarine placed a wire tap on Russian undersea cables to monitor secret military communications during the Cold War, and only found the cable after a week of searching because of a sign on the shore saying “Cable Here. Do Not Anchor.”
RPk7 TIL the least populated timezone in the world is GMT +10.5, which is only occupied by the Lord Howe Islands, a small chain of islands about 400 miles NE of Sydney, Australia with only about 350 people who live on it.