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TIL: dogs can have braces

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R799w TIL that H1N1, the influenza strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic, survived another 40+ years as a seasonal flu bug. It was finally “extinguished” by another flu virus, H2N2, in the 1957 flu pandemic. Even so, a “new” H1N1 emerged 50 years later to cause the 2009 “swine flu” pandemic.
7r1kr TIL the 3 date rule is a not a thing anymore
P19oG TIL that four drivers were killed over the 11 races of the 1958 Formula 1 season. The eventual world champion was also killed in a crash shortly after the season ended.
rRAr0 TIL Suicide from overwork (Karojisatsu) and death from overwork (Karaoshi) are so prevalent in Japan that they have words for them.
jNgZv TIL that flying squirrels glow pink under UV light