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TIL that herpes virus has an internal pressure 8 times higher than a car tire

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jNNyv TIL 40mm grenades that launch parachute suspended reconnaissance cameras exist.
JEj4 TIL the Slinky was conceived of in 1943 by Richard James. While working at a shipbuilding company, he watched a torsion spring fall off a table and flip end over end. His wife came up with the name Slinky after looking through the dictionary for a word that described the motion of the spring.
bEQj TIL of a Californian care home that went bankrupt. About 16 elderly residents were abandoned, most staff left but the janitor and the cook stayed behind to care for the residents at their own expense
5Ebp TIL The synthesizer that Ferris Bueller uses to simulate his realistic-sounding coughs is an E-MU Emulator II, which at the time went for around $8,000. That’s equivalent to over $17,000 in today’s dollars.
ExNw TIL The oldest person in the world is 127 years old.