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6Qd7 TIL that a simple test involving asking a patient to draw the face of a clock is used as a screening tool for Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.
KOLAG TIL about, "The Thing." It was an American seal gifted to the American ambassador to Russia. Contained in it was one of the first examples of a passive listening device that was powered by an external radio source. It also hung in his study for 7 years.
XEE4X TIL Air Zimbabwe is rated one of the safest global airlines based on fatalities despite the having a smaller and older fleet than other airlines
4VVa TIL that there’s a word for the day after tomorrow: overmorrow.
4Jg5 TIL the ZIKA virus was discovered in the Zika forest of Uganda in 1947 but only became a world health concern in 2007