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TIL pigeons can be trained to diagnose cancer from biopsy images with the same accuracy as medical pathologists

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wLLW1 Because most early rotary engines turned counterclockwise (from the front, clockwise from the pilot's view). The physics of rotating objects resulted in left turns being easier than right turns. That led to standard manoeuvres using left turns. And that resulted in the prime/most experienced pilot sitting with a view out of the left window, once airplanes grew large enough to have side-by-side pilots.
J0N4 TIL of Friendship Park, a shared park on the US-Mexico border that up until 2009, families were able to meet there at any time. Since then, additional layers of fence have made it impossible for any physical touch or even to see through it, and is only accessible from 10am to 2pm on weekends.
AYLB TIL the average high schooler has the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient did in the early 1950s
ADZAn TIL about Channel Drift which results in a shift from informative, quality programming aimed at educated viewers, toward sensational, ratings-based, and/or reality-TV programming.
eQl6 TIL That in 2004, police discovered a secret underground cinema with professionally installed electricity, phone lines, full bar, classic movies and recent thrillers, and more in the catacombs under paris. Upon returning 3 days later, a note was found that read “Do not try to find us”