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TIL there exists HD footage of New York City from 1993

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neB9P TIL that 2 out of the 3 members of LFO (Lyte Funky Ones) have passed away. Rich Cronin at 36 and Devin Lima at 41.
0nwp TIL that the pressure in a Jumping Spider’s body makes it explode when studied. Scientists had to invent special micro-tools to finally get a look at their brains.
dkw8 TIL that a 2010 study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety showed that laws banning ‘texting while driving’ have actually increased road accidents because people will do it anyways, and hide their phone down lower where it is harder to see the road.
l7g6N TIL about the siege of Leningrad during WWII by the Wehrmacht, which led to 1.5m civilian deaths and is now classified as a genocide by some historians
5YNbR TIL of viruses that attack bacteria called ‘bacteriophages'. The term phage originates from Greek phagein, which translates as ‘to eat'. A single phage injects its genome into a bacterial cell, switching the cells' program in its favor. The host cell eventually dies, releasing about 100 new phages.