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TIL Google hired a Camel to map a desert for Google StreetView

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v1bWD TIL "decimation was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed.." Was checking the rona fatality rates when I saw Italy at the 10 percent milestone.
ANow7 TIL Pelvic Exams on Unconsenting Women Are a Regular Part of Medical Training for Students
d45E TIL that nuclear waste can be turned into glass.
4XMng TIL that Hypoxia impedes judgment to the point of being unable to recognise a playing cards suit or number.
7JlM TIL A Russian company won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 for developing a method to turn military explosives into nanodiamonds. These nanodiamonds can be used as light beacons for cancer treatment.