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TIL Tuberculosis is listed as the oldest contagious disease to affect humans by the Guinness World Records

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4kk06 TIL the Star Trek franchise has a total runtime of about a month.
NggN TIL that until 1966 the Catholic Church had a list of forbidden books which aimed to protect the faith of followers by preventing the reading of “immoral” books of authors such as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Immanuel Kant, Descartes, Galilei and Pascal. Darwin’s works were never included in the list.
b7l9 TIL a 19th century Japanese sculpture artist created a statue of himself so lifelike it is indistinguishable from its creator, right down to the muscles, pores and tiny hairs on his skin.
5V0b9 TIL that the African continent is starting to split apart, and it will cause a new ocean to form where it splits.
pnmA TIL According to a study, abstaining from ejaculation has little effect on testosterone levels in men for 6 days, but testosterone levels reach approximately 146 percent on the seventh day.