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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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Wklko TIL: Roman Gladiators were trained to survive their encounters in the Arena, and unlike their Hollywood counterparts, many gladiators ate high-calorie diets had large amounts of body fat, which provided them protection against blunt, stabbing, and slashing weapons.
dD49 TIL the iconic ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster was never used by the British Government. Instead they saved it incase of German invasion of the UK
ANXVn TIL the Florida 321 area code was selected for Brevard County & Cape Canaveral due to its resemblance to a space craft count down launch sequence (3...2...1...liftoff).
kPx5 TIL The combination of an exclamation point and question mark is an interrobang. (‽)
n5bo TIL that in the Spring of 1976, groundskeepers at Anaheim stadium discovered hundreds of marijuana plants growing in the outfield, apparently left by thousands of Who fans who had attended a concert there in the offseason and scattered the seeds everywhere. Angels in the outfield indeed…