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TIL Patient “Zero” was a misunderstanding of patient “O”

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9YgyQ TIL GDP was invented just 86 years ago.
9aXB TIL that the Aztec God of War was often depicted as a Hummingbird, and that the Aztecs believed that fallen warriors would return Earth as Hummingbirds
lwYV TIL about Lyenkoism, a pseudo-scientific theory that claimed that communism was nature’s base state in rejection to natural selection and genetic sciences. It was the official theory in the USSR until Stalin’s death.
oR1O8 TIL about the sinking of the S.S. Eastland, which rolled over while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. Barely half of the vessel was submerged, yet 844 people (mostly poor working-class immigrants) perished, killing more passengers than the Titanic.
e0nKE TIL a set of twins were born 87 days apart, setting a world record. One of the twins was born 4 month prematurely while the other did not arrive until 3 months after.