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TIL newborn babies can contract herpes via contact with a person suffering from a cold sore and this is fatal in some cases.

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oBkj7 TIL that there is a monument called the"Georgia Guidestones" that contain instructions on how to rebuild the world after an apocalypse in 8 different languages. It also serves as a sundial, calendar and a compass.
GADNN TIL a woman aboard a flight from Manchester to Florida suffered a heart attack. The stewardess called for assistance and 15 cardiologists, en route to a cardiology conference, responded to save her.
6ERrW TIL Scientists managed to capture an image of a newborn planet that was still forming in the disk of gas and dust around its star.
8Gga TIL that in 1927 several million people in the United States sent over 100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system.
awOmy TIL a dead 13-foot shark, floating in a tank of formaldehyde, was found by a YouTuber while breaking into an abandoned wildlife park in Australia.