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TIL: I have been using nasal spray wrongly all these years

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p8Xae TIL Clark Gable went to the hospital and was diagnosed to having suffered from a heart attack. He was improving but had a second heart attack that night from an infection in his heart and medical staff did not perform CPR for fear that it would rupture his heart and a defibrillator was not available
PYmdw TIL that some bacteria can be visible to the naked eye! Thiomargarita namibiensis can grow up to 3/4 of a millimeter (750 μm) due to a cavity that is used to store, and later convert, nitrate.
wLZ9Y TIL In 1996 researchers found an Orca calf with serious boat injuries to the spine and dorsal fin. Despite not being able to hunt, "Stumpy" was cared for by as many as 5 Orca pods. These pods provided food and protection from boats.
9YNDB TIL that animal populations are growing in Chernobyl since humans left. Among them, a herd of Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild horse in the world, introduced in 1998.
a879b TIL the balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade were introduced in 1928 to replace live zoo animals.