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TIL of B virus, a form of herpes that leads to death in 40% of cases, and another 40% suffer brain damage. It comes from macaques monkeys which are currently an invasive species in a state park in Florida.

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b9wjZ TIL NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a tradition of passing around a lucky jar of peanuts throughout mission control during critical events. The tradition started with the Ranger 7 Moon-imaging mission in 1964, which was the first successful Ranger mission after six previous failed attempts.
R5MWj TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report.
0dmKR TIL in 2005 graffiti artist David Choe was offered $60,000 to paint murals at Facebook headquarters. He chose to take the compensation in stock. Eventually being worth more than $200,000,000.
7enZ TIL that Reagan, suffering from Alzheimers, would clean his pool for hours without knowing his Secret Service agents were replenishing the leaves in the pool
DQNkv TIL that Morgan Spurlock (“Super Size Me”) released a documentary in 2008, “Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?”, in which he correctly deduced that bin Laden was hiding in Abbotabad, Pakistan. After bin Laden’s death, it was revealed that he had a copy of the documentary in his video collection.