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TIL that approximately 67%-70% or two-thirds of the world is already infected with herpes(HSV-1 to be specific)

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Zpj7D TIL: The Hittite plague was one of the diseases that helped caused a Bronze Age collapse alongside smallpox and lasted 2 decades. It is considered the first recorded form of biological warfare as Hittites brought infected rams to enemies. It was also named, "The Hand of Nergle" in ancient tablets.
4kdJ5 TIL a 2.5mil gallon tank of molasses collapsed in 1919 Boston, sending a 35mph (56kmh) molasses tsunami through the streets. The city was sticky for years, and some claim basements were still filled with molasses 30 years later.
kdDm TIL a cockatoo in Australia lived to be 100 years old.
p8y6e TIL: There is a unit of sound called a "bel". A decibel (dB) is 1/10 of it.
moWM TIL that congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by the testimony of a Kuwaiti nurse who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. This never happened. The nurse was not a nurse. She was coached by a PR firm.