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TIL The Lion King game led to the creation of Direct X.

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e0WxJ TIL when India had an epidemic,Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, 3 doctors identified and reported it.Authorities immediately got in touch with WHO;2000 people were quarantined,17 people died in total.The outbreak was declared over within 2 months and the state was lauded for preventing a big epidemic.
LkJRQ TIL that Homo erectus stood about 1.79m (5'10"). Only 17% of modern male humans are taller - Their fossils were the oldest known early humans to have possessed modern human-like body proportions. And they are the longest lived human species around 9 times as long as our own species H.Sapiens.
R7G07 TIL That the pilot of the failed Challenger spacecraft's last audible words were "Uh oh"
KXME TIL there is enough energy in one hour of sunlight to serve the entire planet’s energy needs for approximately one year.
QJ0vd TIL Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, liked to poke fun at his conservative colleagues. He would greet the Chief Justice with "What's shakin', Chiefy Baby?"