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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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e06g5 TIL that Champagne goes straight to your head because the Carbon Dioxide in the bubbles elevates the pressure in your stomach, forcing the alcohol to be absorbed at a much higher rate through the Stomach wall.
KOjaQ TIL: There is an unit of measurement known as 'smoot' (5 feet 7 inches or 1.708meters)
O1lg TIL that Malaysia and Singapore are the only two countries on earth that are allowed Visa-free travel to North Korea.
KOoEw TIL of Miki Endo, a Japanese emergency worker who gave her life during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, by continuing to broadcast warnings and alerts over the community loudspeaker as the tsunami overwhelmed the town of Minamisanriku. She was credited with saving many lives.
W76K8 TIL that elements of the ancient Mesopotamian religion (first formed in the 6th millennium BC) may have survived until the early 20th century. The Shamsīyah, a sect of sun-worshippers, persisted in southeastern Turkey (sometimes outwardly adopting Christian customs) until the early 1900s.