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TIL only 11% of cases of "Influenza-like illness" are actually caused by Influenza, and ~ 68% by unknown agents.

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woMP8 TIL the mirrors on the James Webb Space Telescope took 9 years to make, with the first blanks being made in 2004, and all mirror segments being finally delivered to the site of final assembly in 2013.
nexjr TIL To make sure that their meat cooked evenly, early chefs had "Turnspit" dogs run in a hamster wheel connected to a skewer, which rotated the meat. Only one stuffed Turnspit dog remains, and his name is Whiskey.
WkvL8 TIL that in many cultures, people would greet each other by grasping each others' hands' - with full skin-to-skin contact - and vigorously shaking them up and down.
ned9P TIL The oldest recorded marriage in the USA is from 1565, between a Spaniard and a free black woman.
Y7ymG TIL The M3 "Grease gun" used by U.S troops in WW2 actually was made to replace the infamous "Tommy Gun" rather than the other way around.