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TIL about "Nanokids" organic compounds shaped like humans

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QMrM TIL the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 is known as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history and that it killed more people in 1 year than during the 4 years of the Black Plague. It was most deadly for people aged 20-40 and many died within hours of contracting the virus.
oRYaA TIL about Alex Harvey, who co-wrote the song "Delta Dawn" about his mother after she appeared to him in a vision, reassuring him that "it's okay." Ten years earlier, Alex refused to let her visit him at his TV performance, fearing she would embarrass him. She died in a car crash later that night.
X0X6R TIL that the idea that '30-50% of the population don't have internal narratives/monologues' came from a study of 5 people and has never been clinically reproduced
MKYB TIL Police in the UK have shot dead 5 people in the last 4 years. In the US, this figure is 1600
pYya8 TIL Cosmonauts drank cognac on the Mir space station in 1997, hours after a flash fire caused by a collision with an unpiloted supply vehicle nearly forced an emergency evacuation. NASA astronaut Jerry Linenger declined a drink