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Today I learned there has been 61 Olympic game defectors

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grgb7 TIL that tumbleweed is not native to the Americas, first appearing in South Dakota in the 1870s when a shipment of flaxseed from Russia was contaminated.
DQe0P TIL that in 2012 scientists genetically modified a bird flu virus, which had a 60% human mortality rate, to aerosolize it in order to 'more effectively manage the trajectory of pandemic viruses'. It scared them so badly that they paused all research for months
x5v0 TIL Ikea uses 1% of the global wood supply.
kOOxB TIL a teen injected himself with mercury at least three times in an attempt to convert his bones to metal after seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. He also had intentional multiple spider bites in the past after wanting to become Spider-Man.
new1P TIL that the shift (maj) key's name originated from the typewriter, where one had to press and hold the button to shift up the case stamp to change to capital letters.