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TIL Canada is only 1.5% larger than the USA

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nWKOr TIL: mRNA was first tested in the 1990s, but a 2005 breakthrough made it stable for medical use.Early attempts failed as mRNA degraded too quickly. In 2005, scientists developed lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to protect it, enabling new medical applications
ADM0n TIL, that dolphins and whales don't drink sea water. They get water from the food they eat.
mxaZx TIL that Rhodes Scholarships and Rhodesia are named after the same guy,
e0VmE TIL All radio stations have a four-letter identification code. In a 1912 Conference, the United States was given the letters W, K, N, and A. ‘N’ and ‘A’ were given to military stations, Commercial Radio stations east of the Mississippi River used ‘W’, and west of the Mississippi ‘K’.
0wYvy TIL Xbox kinect holds the fastest-selling gaming peripheral record, which sold through an average of 133,333 units per day in its first 60 days on sale from 4 November 2010 to 3 January 2011.