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TIL that cystic fibrosis patients are strongly encouraged not to get physically close to each other, as doing so can be fatal.

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awJp0 TIL Japan has a National Wolf Association fighting to reintroduce wolves to the country to deal with a massive roaming deer population
dDEaj TIL that AllTrials calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results be reported
Z89jD TIL When Terry Pratchett was knighted, he forged his own sword out of meteorite and 81kg of ore that he dug up and smelted using a makeshift kiln. Finished with silver and stored in a secret location, he said: It annoys me that knights aren't allowed to carry their swords. That would be knife crime.
b6Ze7 TIL Tracy Chapman a was relatively unknown performer invited to play for Nelson Mandela’s birthday party until, due to technical difficulties with Stevie Wonder’s equipment, she was brought back upstage to play Fast Car, silencing the crowd of an estimated 80,000.
5YZoB TIL nobody really knows how nukes would be launched by the UK. The PM holds the sole power to launch a nuke. However, constitutionally, they should discuss the decision with the cabinet first. They should also discuss it with the monarch, due to the monarch being the head of the armed forces.