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TIL that there is a desk full of candy in the US Senate

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kOOA7 TIL that China killed off two AI chatbots after they start criticising communism and praising the US
GAJDE TIL that electric eels can deliver a shock of up to 600 volts, which is strong enough to stun a horse.
M7jk8 TIL in 1986 two-and-a-half-year-old Michelle Funk drowned in an icy stream in Utah. She was submerged for more than an hour and clinically dead. But the cold water chilled her down to 66°F which was enough to stave off brain damage. And after waking up, she reportedly "went on with her life."
kll4 TIL 80% of antibiotics in the U.S. are given to farm animals, and 80% of pig farms, sheep farms, and cattle feedlots use low levels of antibiotics in feed and water. Evidence shows staph bacteria can pass from humans to pigs, evolve resistance to antibiotics, and then pass back into humans.
9YAMM TIL that a man was cured of HIV in 2007 with a bone marrow transplant from someone with genes resistant to HIV. He's the first person to ever be cured.