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TIL that two months before the Wuhan virus emerged, the DJT administration cancelled a $200 million program designed to help Chinese scientists detect and respond to pandemic threats.

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6XVw TIL that rich people in China hire body doubles to serve their prison sentences.
yQ6jX TIL that in France and many Hispanic countries, instead of the Tooth Fairy a little mouse is said to replace the lost baby teeth of children from under their pillow with coins.
woxL8 TIL about Carlos Kaiser, a Brazilian con artist, who made a career playing for 10 different professional football teams (including three clubs where he was able to get a contract for a second stint after a break elsewhere) without ever making a senior appearance for any of them.
oMD8 TIL Iran’s nuclear program was launched in the 1950’s with the help of the United States.
YRxA TIL if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest finisher who has never been linked to doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher