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TIL that the discoverer of penicillin also warned us early on about the possibility of antibiotic resistant bacteria due to misuse of antibiotics.

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rNYEo TIL Delhi, India is the most surveilled city in the world with 1,826.6 CCTV cameras per square mile
D1dpD TIL that you are 30 times more likely to laugh if you're with another person than when alone. When solitary, people are much more likely to talk to themselves or smile than to laugh. In conversation, speakers are 46 percent more likely to laugh than their audiences are.
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