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TIL The First 3D-Printed Drug Has Been Approved in the US
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D1GLJ
TIL the crabs shown in the Noisestorm - Crab Rave music video actually do “dance” in real life as to release their eggs into the sea.
o8QL
TIL illegal income, such as bribes, are considered taxable income. Authorities can use this to prosecute people with “legal immunity” (diplomats, UN workers, etc) as they are not immune to paying taxes.
v17Br
TIL that NASA has hired 24 theologians to help them figure out how different religions around the world would react to news of extraterrestrial life.
rNAgo
TIL in 1864, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay teamed up to, in effect, almost wipe Paraguay off the face of the planet. In total, 60–70% of the population of Paraguay died as a result of the war, leaving a woman/man ratio of 4 to 1 (as high as 20 to 1, in the most devastated areas).
MeynW
TIL about Air Canada Flight 759, which erroneously almost landed on a packed taxiway at San Francisco International Airport. It missed one of the planes by 14 feet (4.3m). If it had crashed, it would have been the worst air disaster ever.