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TIL that the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus is so infectious that one man in Hong Kong infected 183 people in 8 appartment buildings with one horriffic bowel movement, causing a plume of aerosolised faeces to circulate through the ventiltion system and outside on the wind.

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7KlX TIL all things observable–the stars, planets and galaxies that can be seen today–make up just 4% of the universe. The other 96% is made of stuff astronomers can’t see, detect or even comprehend.
4Xwa TIL a man marooned himself on a remote island and after many years was persuaded to come back to Europe and meet the Pope who granted him one wish which ended up being to go back to the island for the rest of his life
N7Y9J TIL Of the Oldest 100 Americans to Have Ever Lived, Only 6 Were Men
epOAE TIL Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, was also worshipped in some places as a goddess of war through her form called 'Aphrodite Areia'
rMvo TIL 20 year old Ryan Holle was sentenced to life without parole for lending his car to a friend, who then murdered an 18 year old girl.