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TIL that the Japanese used houseflies coated in a bacterial slurry to spread cholera in China and kill an estimated 410,000 people during WWII.

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6gZ7 TIL a French explorer was marooned for 40 months on an island so remote that it takes a month to reach it today.
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pY5Lp TIL that a 2024, 50-year study shows that ski helmets can protect against typical concussions from falling on the snow surface, but not atypical high-speed collisions against trees on blue runs which remain statistically fatal.
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