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TIL Kitum Cave, Kenya, believed to be the source of Ebola and Marburg, two of the deadliest diseases known to man. An expedition was staged by the US military in the 1990s in an attempt to identify the vector species presumably residing in the cave. It is one of the most dangerous places on Earth

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jN8a TIL there was once a shark with a circular saw for a mouth.
QNnZE TIL of An open air school in 1957, Netherlands. ⁣In the beginning of the 20th century a movement towards open air schools took place in Europe. Classes were taught in forests so that students would benefit physically and mentally from clean air and sunlight.
yQoGv TIL of Emergence, the phenomenon of complex systems, like ant colonies and cells, coming from simpler pieces.
NXGk8 TIL that Neil Degrasse Tyson recorded the WTC attacks on 9/11. He caught the second plane strike, and both collapses.
VB0A8 TIL that Johnny Cash was such a devout Christian, that in 1990, he recorded himself reading the entire New Testament Bible (NKJ Version). The entire recording has a running time of more than 19 hours.