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TIL Hand sanitizer does not kill norovirus (stomach flu), washing hands is the best line of defense against this plague

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rRB14 TIL that the Archbishop of Canterbury has the legal authority to award academic degrees under the Ecclesiastical Licenses Act, 1533.
JO41 TIL that while serving time in prison, rapper Tupac Shakur was asked for his autograph by a skinhead who said it was for his younger cousin. Tupac obliged, later saying that it made him feel like he accomplished something.
VM9mp TIL the last duel in France took place in 1967 between Gaston Defferre and René Ribière, following an argument in the French National Assembly. Ribière demanded satisfaction by duel with swords after Defferre refused to apologise for yelling, "shut up, stupid!" Ribière lost the duel.
pYWv4 TIL - Members of Forbes 30 under 30 have been arrested for frauds and scams collectively worth $18.5 billion.
7kXx TIL gold on Earth came from colliding neutron stars