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TIL That today we celebrate in Mexico “ The Patricios”. Irish soldiers who joined the Mexican Army against the US Intervention.

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5VD1B TIL: In December 2024, a single mutation known as Q226L was found to enhance the ability of H5N1 ('bird flu') to infect human cells, particularly in the respiratory tract. Previously, at least three mutations were thought to be required for the virus to infect people and spread between them.
v1lgr TIL The approximate Korean word for friend "Chingu" is only used with people of the same age. You can be friendly with older people or younger people, but you will never be friends with people who aren't the same age
4XEj5 TIL in 1962 the US detonated a nuke, Starfish Prime, in space to clear out Van Allen belt radiation (making Apollo missions safer) and for research. It took out part of Hawaii's electrical grid, several satellites, and made the Van Allen radiation much worse. A planned further test was cancelled.
DQEDP TIL Approximately a billion people are infected with the roundworm Ascaris
mxbWP TIL in 1927 a man bombed a school in Bath, Michigan, killing 38 children and 6 adults, because of taxes being raised and because he lost an election.