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TIL the only reliable test for rabies requires an examination of an animal’s brain (post-mortem)

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kvDE TIL There is an old soviet scientific research hut buried 20 ft. under snow in one of the most inaccessible places in Antarctica. If you can make it in the hut there is a visitors book you can sign.
8epVb TIL that a 2019 Union College study found that joining a fraternity in college lowered a student's GPA by 0.25 points, but also increased their future income by 36%.
xVJN5 TIL that 'Nutbush City Limits' by Tina Turner is a banger in Australia and all the kids grew up learning to dance to it.
9yMX TIL during the time of the devastating 2011 Joplin, MO tornado, a traveling circus was in town but couldn’t perform due to the weather. Instead, they enlisted the help of their circus elephants to remove damaged vehicles and heavy debris from the road to clear a path for first responders.
OvEY TIL that the slogan for Winston cigarettes, “Winston tastes good like a cigarette should”, was controversial throughout the 50s & 60s, because saying “like” instead of “as” was considered ungrammatical.