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TIL that a team in Tanzania is training giant rats to spot Tuberculosis in human spit. The rats can test 100 samples in 10 to 20 minutes: a human with a microscope takes 4 days to test the same number. The same species is also used to detect landmines.

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ANKxw TIL a sign of asymptomatic early kidney disease in diabetics is the development of anemia
ge5b TIL a “Gordie Howe Hat trick” is a variation on the hat-trick, wherein a player scores a goal, records an assist, and gets in a fight all in one game.
ne5bd TIL Videogame Postal 2 is banned in New Zealand. Possession, distribution or even buying it for personal use is a criminal offense, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $50,000.
xlp7 TIL that the band “Eagles” sued a nonprofit eagle preservation organization for the use of the word “Eagles”.
4Xma5 TIL Ukrainian Ivan Kharchenko personally defused more than 1500 bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms each and 25,000 other explosive objects during the battles of Stalingrad and Kiev. After WW2, he disarmed 16,000 more unexploded bombs