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TIL: MRSA (the near incurable flesh eating staph infection) has gone airborne.

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LBPp TIL That the Carolina Wolf Spider is the Official State Spider of South Carolina, and that South Carolina is the only U.S. State that recognises a state spider
6LMJ TIL of the Yamato 1, the first working prototype boat to use a Magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD). Built by Mitsibishi, the ship’s drive electrifies sea water and utilizes magnetic fields to propel itself. The MHD uses no moving parts.
QVn9 TIL The Netherlands has drug testing spots where people can (anonymously) get all their drugs tested for free.
KZRQ TIL of a Jehovah’s Witness who was temporarily incapacitated following a car accident. Her doctor transfused her with blood which saved her life, despite knowing she had signed a card requesting this not be done. Following her recovery she successfully sued the doctor for battery.
klrg TIL that the Louvre museum in Paris generated $2.5 billion dollars in sales last year.