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TIL that if you drop a thimble-full of Bitrex "the most bitter substance in the world" into an Olympic swimming pool and you can detect the bitterness in those two and a half million litres of water.

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e0WxJ TIL when India had an epidemic,Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, 3 doctors identified and reported it.Authorities immediately got in touch with WHO;2000 people were quarantined,17 people died in total.The outbreak was declared over within 2 months and the state was lauded for preventing a big epidemic.
Wm5L TIL that D&D is a very popular game in prisons throughout North America and since dice are not allowed inmates use decks of 20 playing cards to roll
4XP9o TIL that 60% of the worlds footballs are made in one city, Sialkot in Pakistan
lYw5 TIL scientists have identified a 20 foot tall fossil in Saudi Arabia as a giant mushroom, which was likely the largest organism in the world at the time.
MmLV TIL that duct tape (85%) is significantly more effective than cryotherapy (60%) for removal of the common wart.