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TIL that the Norovirus, a common cause of the “stomach flu”, is resistant to alcohol based hand sanitizer and affected by host’s blood type.

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yVQgJ TIL a Pornocracy is a government ruled by prostitutes or by corrupt officials (Who sell themselves for power). Its a term made most famous by the Darke Age of the Papacy (904-964AD).
MeNEa TIL: Franklin W. Dixon, who wrote the Hardy Boys books, wasn't a single individual. Instead, a publishing house used the pseudonym to have multiple people produce a lot books quickly. The Nancy Drew books worked the same way.
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4lxN TIL that there is a boiling river, deep in the Amazon, that was only formally documented in scientific literature in 2011 despite being known by locals for much, much longer
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