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TIL the word “panic” comes from the Greek woodland god Pan who was believed to be the source of mysterious forest sounds that would caused contagious, groundless fear in animals and humans alike

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5Vm6r TIL that President Theodore Roosevelt is the only person to have been awarded a Nobel Peace prize and the Medal of Honor.
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wLO5J TIL that the voice actor behind HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey has never seen the movie
XEpwk TIL In November 2012, Salvador Alvarenga went fishing off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, a storm hit and he made a desperate SOS. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days
KYYeR TIL that doctors have "estimated that up to one-third of the world's population is infected with M. tuberculosis". Most of these infections are asymptomatic and do not cause or spread disease, but the bacteria can spontaneously reactivate at any time leading to new outbreaks.