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TIL that a GHS study in 2019 by John Hopkins CHS and NTI placed the US as the nation most prepared for a pandemic

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m1k0y TIL there have been multiple "AI winters" which are periods of reduced funding and interest in the field following a period of hype in overstated AI capabilities.
Oo6BY TIL about synchronous fireflies. They only appear a few places in the world. The males all flash at the same time signaling to the females they are the right species. The light display is so popular, over 20,000 people apply to a lottery to get into Shenendoah National Park every year to see them
R59ZQ TIL that when U.S. Counties are ranked by per capita income, of the worst 5 percent of the counties, one - third are named for Confederate Leaders.
grVGA Today I learned that the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was originally going to be called "A Week with Willi the Worm", but Eric Carle's editor suggested changing the worm to a caterpillar because a caterpillar would be a more likable protagonist.
LprP TIL - Bitcoins were developed by an anonymous software designer who called himself Satoshi Nakamoto. In 2010 he turned over the source code and disappeared. Nakamoto is believed to be in possession of roughly one million Bitcoin. In December 2013, this was the equivalent of $1.1B