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TIL that the incubation period for rabies can be up to 7 years after exposure.

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E1ljp TIL that the largest living organism on earth is a mushroom in Oregon, USA. Occupying 3.7 sq miles and is 2.4 miles across. (9.6sq km and 3.8km)
RWy1 TIL: 1000 days from today, a Total Solar Eclipse will be seen across the entire breadth of the continental United States for the first time in nearly a century.
kObM7 TIL that in 1933 Harry Gaines created the first comic book by putting together an 8 page magazine reprinting comic strips as a promotional item for Procter & Gamble
MeN1m TIL only two male solo artists have had top 40 hits in the each of the last four decades: Michael Jackson and "Weird Al" Yankovic.
OGlb1 TIL about the 1815 Mount Tambora massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia with what followed called "the year without a summer". Global temps plunged, crops failed, people starved, and a cholera pandemic spread. Geological evidence suggests a 1-in-6 chance of a massive eruption this century.