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TIL that over 1,300 schools in the US were closed in 2009 in response to the H1N1 Swine Flu outbreak

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QJOXp TIL some frogs can do venomous headbutts! Two species of Brazilian frogs have skull spines that inject venom when the frogs headbutt their enemies. This was discovered accidentally when a frog headbutted a researcher's hand, leaving him with intense pain for five hours.
BrOKr TIL the sinner side of Mahatma Gandhi. I'm losing faith in humanity each day.
VMdg8 TIL that generally speaking, a Dane speaking Danish can understand and be understood by Norwegians speaking Norwegian, and Swedes speaking Swedish. This is because the languages of Scandinavia are considered "mutually intelligible".
69gN8 TIL that a human nose hair follicle grows more than six feet of hair over a lifetime.
e0R5k TIL That the 2020 NASA Mars Rover will be able to send actual video of Mars back for the first time