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TIL chickenpox is a herpes virus

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NXXg1 Til that: In the Middle ages, the "shrew's fiddle" was used to punish people who were caught bickering. The "Double Fiddle" attached to two people together face-to-face, forcing them to talk to each other. They were not released until the argument had been resolved.
O0d4 TIL that regular coffee drinkers have a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other health problems due to an unidentified component interacting with the caffeine.
R7eJ8 TIL using Teflon and other non-stick cookware can kill birds. After new pans are heated for the first time, birds can die within a matter of hours.
X0Or8 TIL The empty space you see in products like chips bags has a technical term and it's called nonfunctional slack-fill.
Ma8b TIL of the Man versus Horse Marathon, which originated from a pub bet in 1980. It was being disputed that over the right terrain and over enough distance, a man could outrun a horse. In 2004, that bet was settled when Huw Lobb beat the fastest horse by two minutes.