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TIL about Ocular Herpes Simplex Keratitis. This is HSV of the eyes. While 1/3 of humans have genital HSV, about 1.4M people have OHSK. Also, Keratitis is the #1 cause of cornea-related blindness.

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ADGyx TIL Polaris aka the North Star, appears stationary in the sky because it is positioned close to the line of the Earths axis projected into space. As such, it is the only bright star whose position relative to a rotating Earth does not change.
ep6Eb TIL The film Crazy Heart was produced by Country Music Television and was originally set to be a direct-to-video release. Instead, it grossed nearly 7x its budget and won two Academy Awards.
0wwLL No, the little mouse inside it does not start scrambling around.
J1QMB TIL that Indigenous people reclaimed the island of Alcatraz for 19 months.
b67xN TIL about ghost kitchens, delivery only brands that usually operate out of existing restaurants