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You can see the coronavirus from space, well kind of.

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m18Xy TIL tiny Neolithic baby spoons indicate that new baby gruels were an important innovation in prehistoric baby-care, freeing up women to have more babies & leading to unprecedented population growth
8aakL TIL in 1996 an instrument failure caused a plane to lose control and crash just after takeoff, killing 189 people. It was later determined that the device used to measure airspeed was blocked by a wasp nest
wBvY TIL a scientist at the University of Florida, USA, grew a “living ‘brain’” – “a network of 25,000 rat brain cells” – that when “connected to an array of 60 electrodes that can interact with a computer” learned to fly a simulated F-22 stealth fighter jet in a range of weather conditions.
NXxo1 TIL that composer Peter Warlock locked his cat outside so it wouldn't die with him before committing suicide by gassing himself.
j04p TIL of a Hepatitis A outbreak at 2 Subway locations in Seattle. The staff weren’t washing their hands properly or using gloves, thus spreading infected fecal matter. One victim, a 6 yr old boy, suffered acute liver failure and required a liver transplant. He was awarded $10 million out of court.