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TIL that Irish bagpipes are a thing and are distinctly different to Scottish bagpipes (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)

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kll4 TIL 80% of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to farm animals, and 80% of pig farms, sheep farms, and cattle feedlots use low levels of antibiotics in feed and water. Evidence shows staph bacteria can pass from humans to pigs, evolve resistance to antibiotics, and then pass back into humans.
88PV TIL there are more atoms in a grain of sand, than there are grains of sand on Earth
xMNk TIL that Harrison Ford’s children’s ages range from 14 to 48 years old.
Py7g TIL that John F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley, And C.S Lewis all died on the same day.
X0gN6 TIL there is a bacteria that grows up to 2cm and which is the only one visible to the naked eye