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Trillions upon trillions of viruses fall from the sky each day.

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b600 TIL there was a pre-WWII movement called Technocracy, which held that scientists and engineers should take over the government and economy from politicians and economists. The leader of the movement was known as the Great Engineer.
KOEG9 Today I learned Americans were the ones to introduce the use of shotguns in warfare during WW1. They were so effective at clearing trenches, that they were called "trench brooms" and the Germans complained about its use and how it caused unnecessary suffering.
j6KBX TODAY I LEARNED The hardest working muscle in your body is your heart—it pumps more than 2,000 gallons of blood a day and beats more than 2.5 billion times in a 70-year life span
prRN TIL U.S. advertising is banned in outer space, so JPL wasn’t allowed to put their name on Curiosity. Instead, the wheels will print “JPL” in morse code wherever the rover goes
oymY TIL: There is a frog from Africa, Trichobatrachus robustus, that breaks a bone in its toe pad, pushes the sharp broken bone through it’s skin, and tries to shank you with it if it feels threatened.