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TIL of Commcast, an X-Men supervillain who steals data by streaming it into his mind

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7m1p TIL epidemiologists studied World of Warcraft’s unintentional “Corrupted Blood” plague as a virtual model of disease spread and populace reaction to deadly pandemic.
0waQ5 TIL: Kris Straub, the author of Candle Cove, confirmed that his YouTube project "Local 58" was the same channel the show was aired on.
DQkv TIL In 2008 Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants, while playing for Florida State University, once played all nine positions in a game. During that game, he struck out the two batters he faced and hit a grand slam.
QNV0L TIL In 2003, the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (organizers of Wimbledon) began paying $2M annually for pandemic insurance, which it did for 17 years. In 2020, Wimbledon was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Club collected a $141M payout.
16xjW TIL Bees could see the color difference between two pieces of “white” paper. Researchers used zinc white for one paper and lead white for the other, and although these look exactly the same to us, the bee could easily distinguish them, because they reflect a different amount in the ultraviolet