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TIL that Schistosomiasis, the most deadly neglected tropical disease, can be cured for as little as a dollar

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5VP19 TIL: The image where the tongue folds the tip backwards and goes all the way into the nasal passage way is real- its name: Khechari Mudra.
X0ZwX TIL about Planet Nine, a hypothetical Ninth Planet in our Solar System that appears to have gravitational effects on a cluster of objects past the orbit of Neptune, and is 5-10x bigger than the Earth
ne7r7 TIL that up until 2017 the Swiss Air Force operates only on weekdays from 8am to 6pm. They now work weekends but are still limited to office hours.