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TIL that ~8 billion people are estimated to have latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), meaning they carry the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria without exhibiting active disease symptoms (~25% of the worlds population)

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Jgdv TIL In WWII The US would have had their 3rd Nuclear weapon ready for use by Aug. 19 (4 days after Surrender). Their next target would have been Tokyo.
rZMx TIL There is a type of Australian beetle which is threatened with extinction because the male beetles try to have sex with beer bottles instead of females
PYBKV TIL: Sega Master System and Sega Genesis controllers are backwards-compatible and can be used with the Atari 2600
AD7Ex TIL Hunter-gatherers apply techniques of social control in suppressing both dominant leadership and undue competitiveness. If a dominant male tries to take control of the group, they practice “egalitarian sanctioning”. They team up against the domineering person, and ostracise or desert him.
dD8YZ TIL the animal with the strongest sense of smell is the African Elephant followed by the rat and the cow