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TIL Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents

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N7veM TIL Singapore pretty much locked away a man for 32 years, from 1966 to 1998, for "conducting communist activities". This included a 9-year stint on a resort island where he lived in a guardhouse.
xVa07 TIL that the word “quarantine” comes from the 40-day period, or “quaranti giorni,” that ships were required to wait outside of the port Venice, Italy during the time of the Black Death (1346-53).
KYMZQ TIL that scientists created contact lenses that zoom when you blink twice through the use of electric impulses
Zpmxp TIL that the Earl of Sandwich restaurant found in Disney World, Orlando, was founded by the current Earl of Sandwich, and his son Orlando.
AD0Al TIL that the US army built a 86 tons tank with a max speed of 13 km/h and managed to lose it for 27 years before finding it in a field. No one knows where it was during this time.