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TIL of the Ideological Turing Test to determine if someone understands his opponents arguments: a partisan writes an essay from the POV of his opposite. If a neutral observer cannot tell the difference between the partisan’s answers and the opposite’s answers, the partisan passes the test.

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1aam4 Ebola viruses prevent the body from mounting an immune response against them, but a new study finds that mutating just one gene makes the virus unable to suppress the immune system.
1aEj7 TIL The USS William D. Porter was the only vessel in US Navy history to have its entire crew placed under arrest after accidentally firing a live torpedo at a vessel carrying the President of the United States and the Secretary of State
x60Ek TIL that the oldest flood myth is likely the Epic of Gilgamesh. Written on 12 stone tablets, it's one of the first pieces of literature in recorded history. The old Sumerian king searches for immortality and encounters someone who built a ship - the Preserver of Life - to outlast the Great Flood.
D1ZrJ TIL that Zero Freitas has the largest collection of vinyl records in the world, over six million. Stored in boxes in a 25,000-square-foot former factory in São Paulo, at an average of 40 minutes per record, listening 10 hours per day, it would take over 1,095 years to hear each track.
4kXe6 TIL that centipede venom contains over 500 different compounds, many of which show evidence of potent antimicrobial and anticancer properties.