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TIL rabies kills 59 thousand people a year
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TIL that, during the Korean war, American soldiers gave the codename “Tootsie Rolls” to 60MM mortar ammo, ana in one occasion they were accidentally sent crates full of candy after their request for more ammo
VB1bm
TIL it’s not only heavy atoms that decay – even a single proton can decay with a half-life of 1.67x10^34 years (a septillion times longer than the current age of the universe)
rNEEM
TIL about Soviet Zveno aircraft carrier planes. The converted bombers would carry fighters or dive bombers beyond their operational limitation, and launch them when needed. Despite being based on pre-WWII bombers and going through many configuration changes, they had a very high success rate.
AD6Ga
Today I learned that dry cat food wasn't invented until WW2 because of meat rations.
xxlD
TIL a cat named Orlando beat a group of professional money managers, and a group of finance students from a British school in a stock investment challenge