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TIL the human Coronavirus causes approximately 15% of cases of the common cold

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Njve TIL that A.C.Gilbert’s science based toys were so popular that he was called ‘the man who saved christmas’ by the papers.For a year, his company sold a kids 'atomic energy lab’ complete with Geiger counter, mini cloud chamber, and samples of several radioactive elements.
ea5E TIL A hotel chain has resident dogs who greet guests in the lobby, accompany them on walks and to make them feel at home.
m1kjx TIL In 1991 both former Senator John Tower of Texas (head of the Tower Commission for the Iran–Contra affair) and astronaut Manley "Sonny" Carter died in the same commuter plane crash in Georgia.
GY81 TIL that there is a website where you can map the fallout of a nuclear bomb anywhere in the world.
NmvP TIL that McDonald’s gave out free razors during breakfast hours in the 1970’s.