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TIL that the vital antibody-based Ebola drug ZMapp is produced in large scale in the Nicotiana benthamiana plant- tobacco.

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1a6gW TIL A Canadian police officer once ticketed himself after he realized he accidentally parked in handicap spot
wyQo TIL Joe Arridy was named the happiest inmate on death row. He had an IQ of 46 and played with a toy train given to him by the prison Warden. Due to his lack of understanding, he smiled on the his way to the gas chamber
gr8J9 TIL in 1952, Jimmy Carter led a team of nuclear scientists in disassembling a Canadian nuclear reactor undergoing meltdown. To accomplish this, Carter, alongside other American military personnel, personally lowered himself into the reactor to disassemble it by hand.
4XEMJ TIL that RH null is a blood so rare, only 40 people in the world have it. It's a universal donor among many people with other rare blood types, and as such has been called the "golden blood" because its life saving capability is enormous.
Rr0w TIL that the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recommends US travelers to Iceland to get vaccines for rabies because they might be bitten by bats. There are only 20 documented cases of bat sightings in Iceland - ever.