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TIL: US government agencies responsible for leading the world in rare disease and cancer treatments (NIH) and hard sciences (NSF) have a long fascinating history partnering with universities and research institutions going back to WWII

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kJBg1 TIL McDonalds serves biscuits and gravy in select areas.
wLxVP TIL of 'Project 100,000.' 25% of US Army soldiers in the Vietnam were intentionally-recruited "misfits" who couldn't read and write, had an IQ of below 75, and/or dropped out of high school. Some didn't even know the US was at war. They had 3x the casualty rate of regular soldiers.
0w7Rp TIL the stadion, formerly also anglicized as stade, was an ancient Greek unit of length, based on the circumference of a typical sports stadium of the time; showing how we're not the first to measure some things in football fields.
nejWY TIL: Malaysia proposed that the UN Security Council set up an international tribunal to prosecute those deemed responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines Flight. 298 People died over Ukraine when hit by a Russian Anti-Aircraft Rocket in 2014, the resolution was vetoed by Russia.
0w4OM TIL that there's a species of spider that breathes air, but lives its entire life underwater in diving bells made of spider silk