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TIL That COVID-19 is the less of our problems

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dDZY9 TIL that smoking prevents broken bones healing - smokers have 2.2 times the risk of delayed and/or non-union bone healing after a fracture
NAbJ TIL A man who lied about passing his second year of university, pretended to continue his study, crafting an elaborate lie until everyone he knew thought he was a medical doctor. No one found out for 18 years, until he killed his entire family to avoid being revealed.
DwoV TIL: The human brain has a memory capacity of approximately 2.5 petabytes (or 2.5 million gigabytes)
Y7gbv TIL - The European polecat occasionally cripples its prey by piercing its brains with its teeth and stores it, still living, in its burrow for future consumption.
rRwYw TIL that gorillas share 98.3% of their genetic code with humans, making them our closest cousins after chimpanzees and bonobos.