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TIL that a 2007 publication predicted the rise in SARS-CoV-like viruses from locations such as China and our lack of preparedness

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P1xRV TIL that In 1842, experiments we're conducted to determine the windspeed needed to pluck a chicken for tornado research
4XEkg TIL of "The Immortal Game", a casual match between chess grand masters in the interim of the first international chess tournament. Despite not being an official match, it is considered one of the most famous matches of all time.
MeBom Today I learned that Soccer was actually coined and originally used by the English for over a century and they are the reason that Americans call Football Soccer today.
VAGp TIL There has not been one substantiated claim that a child has been killed or seriously injured by poisoned candy picked up while Trick-or-Treating
nWxa7 TIL the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew is one of the few venomous mammals and actively hunts for prey. It regularly consumes up to 3x it's body weight each day. While known to eat seeds and fungi, it prefers invertebrates and vertebrates.