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TIL Jimmy Buffett saved Colin Jost's Life in 2014
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TIL about xenodiagnosis - where a bug that would usually carry a disease-carrying organism is allowed to feed on a patient's blood so that its gut can be then examined to try and find the organism and make the diagnosis
DQ46r
TIL about "glacier mice": mysterious balls of moss found in icy environments that move in herds at about 1inch a day. How they form and how/why they move is unknown.
NyK6
TIL in 2013 a female professor attempted to give a public lecture on men’s rights at the University of Ottawa. 30 protesters harassed the meeting with megaphones outside until they were forced to change rooms, at which point the protesters pulled a fire alarm to force an evacuation of the lecture.
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TIL that airplane cabin pressures at cruising altitudes are around 11 to 12 pounds per square inch (PSI) which is lower than at ground level (14.7 PSI). This is similar to the pressure one experiences on a mountain that is between 6,000 to 8,000 feet high.
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TIL Jay DeFeo created a work called "The Rose" that started at 9 x 7 feet. She would apply thick paint and chisel it away. It eventually was 11 feet tall and weighed over a ton. It was sealed in storage until conservators created a backing strong enough to support the heavy paint.