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TIL that the smallest insect is smaller than the biggest bacteria.

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PYG8G TIL As of 2016, only fourteen people had survived a rabies infection after showing symptoms.
NBAJ TIL, in 1946 NACA (now known as NASA) subjected a human test subject to winds of up to 457mph in the name of science.
Y7J9v TIL the top 10% of American adults - 24 million of them - consume an average of 74 drinks per week, or a little more than 10 drinks per day.
QN05L TIL in 1982 for a film named Fitzcarraldo, director Werner Herzog had the cast drag a 30-ton steamship over a steep hill: to depict real life events. Under the threat of death, Carlos Fitzcarrald forced indigenous workers to transport a 320 ton ship over a mountain to get to another river in 1894.
ne1bY TIL When recording with Bowie in Berlin, Brian eno would use whatever loose change he had in his pocket to buy a U-Bahn subway ticket to however far that cash would take him, and then spend the day exploring there. Bowie says they took that approach to recording the album