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TIL in 2019 the US government ran "Crimson Contagion", an exercise simulating the outbreak of a respiratory virus, resulting in 110 million cases, 7.7 million hospitalizations, and 586,000 deaths

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l1JK TIL the most isolated person ever was Alfred Worden during Apollo 15, he was 2,235 miles away from the nearest human being.
kaZ4 TIL the Turritopsis Dohrnii, a type of jellyfish, can change from its adult stage back to its polyp stage and back to an adult. It is able to continue doing this and is considered to be biologically immortal meaning it could theoretically live forever if it were able to avoid disease or predation.
e0vYb TIL that in 1968 the french author and résistance hero Romain Gary challenged Clint Eastwood to a duel after he learned that Eastwood had an affair with his wife, the actress Jean Seberg
DQ0QY TIL In 2005, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said that Mexicans do jobs "that not even blacks want to do."
xVnyk TIL the drums in “Never Let Me Down Again” by Depeche Mode were sampled from the drums in “Rhymin & Stealin” by the Beastie Boys, which we’re in turn sampled from “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin.