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TIL the CDC issued a report outlining the very real likelihood of an impending untreatable gonorrhea epidemic.

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j6xev TIL that meteorites are actually incredibly cold when they land on Earth; they're cold from being in deep space for so long that re-entry doesn't warm them up significantly.
0ryA TIL There was a batman villain named Condiment King and he was defeated by slipping on his own ketchup.
DQNjg TIL of the interstitium, a new organ Western scientists discovered in 2018. The honeycombed network throughout the body, known to Chinese medicine for 2500 years, may help explain how acupuncture works and cancer spreads.
MZGK TIL contrary to the belief that cocaine causes weight loss by suppressing appetite, research shows that, on the contrary, cocaine users eat more, but that cocaine directly interferes with metabolic processes related to fat storage, thus promoting weight loss in these individuals.
Y1AB TIL there is a species of ant that will infiltrate a fire ant colony, kill the queen, then take her place. The workers raise the impostor’s children, which then fly off to infest more colonies. They are being considered as a biological method to control the spread of fire ants.