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TIL There is a service called ‘Cleaning for a Reason’ that cleans the houses of cancer patients for free so they can focus on their health

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yJXw TIL that some depression may be caused by a parasite in the brain.
E1dwV TIL "Pinhead" actor Doug Bradley became so adept at applying and removing his prosthetic makeup that he was given an Assistant Make-up Artist credit on some Hellraiser films.
Wke5B TIL About "Event 201" a high-level pandemic exercise held on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which simulated the World wide impact of a Corona-virus pandemic
dDVkQ TIL that a German Leopard tank's aiming system is so precise that it can balance a beer glass on its barrel while driving.
yVva8 TIL about Devil's Night, a name that is associated with the serious vandalism and arson seen in Detroit, Michigan. During the height of the drug era, Detroit residents routinely set fire to houses that were known as popular drug-dealing locations. Five thousand of these buildings were razed in 1989.