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TIL that Peru had a Japanese president from 1990 to 2000

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Y1aZ TIL that scientists recently discovered giant viruses (as big as 1 μm in length), named Pandoraviruses. Because more than 93% of their genes resemble nothing known and their origin cannot be traced back to any known cellular lineage, scientists suggest the existence of a 4th domain of life
jrYv TIL decapitation does not mean instant death.
OobJa TIL the 1918 influenza pandemic was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. It is believed the H1N1 strain of influenza infected 1/3 of the world's population, killing 50 million people worldwide and 675,000 people in the US.
KL4E TIL Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
wLLZ6 TIL that "The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of writer's block" is the shortest academic article ever: it has no words