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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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nWVVB TIL the Mulberry harbours which had been constructed in WW2 to support the D-day landings were reused in 1953 when Holland flooded.
Bgdve TIL That the Statue of Liberty used to be a lighthouse
7rNxZ TIL that Abraham Lincoln was clean shaven for almost his entire life. While running for President in 1860, an eleven-year-old girl wrote to him and said his face looked to thin and he needed to grow a beard. He took up her advice. After him, only two of the next eleven presidents lacked facial hair.
mx5dx TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all their ink cartridges.
WDao TIL of the Camden bench. Its design, a form of ‘hostile architecture,’ deters people from sleeping or skateboarding on it. Its makers call it “an inclusive seat encouraging social interaction.”