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TIL bacteriophage therapy, discarded by western medicine, has been practiced for years in the Former Soviet Union, and has great potential in treating in diseases where antibiotics are failing.

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Y7ZjZ TIL that The nucleus is very small compared to the size of the atom. As an analogy, if the atom where the size of a baseball stadium, then the nucleus would be smaller than a baseball, perhaps closer to the size of a ping pong ball. Most of atom is, in fact, empty space.
DQ5wJ TIL that the videoclip for Despacito by Luis Fonsi has more views on YouTube than there are people in the world. It currently sits at 8.2 billion views and the estimated world population is about 8.1 billion people.
d876E TIL about the 'Watras incident' where a worker at a nuclear powerplant triggered contamination alert after returning from the weekend. They found the source of this being his home, flooded with radon gas. He was told that each day of living there was the equivalent of smoking 135 packs of cigarettes
4X5Eo TIL about “Bobby Bonilla Day” despite not playing in the majors since 2001, every July 1st from 2011-2035 the former MLB player is paid 1.19 million dollars by the New York Mets. He’ll be paid until he’s 72.
OoYJX TIL Mr. Brightside by The Killers never left U.K. charts. In fact, it was among the top 50 in 2017