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TIL that the last patient with ebola in the DRC has been discharged, thus ending the ebola outbreak in the DRC.

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xVje1 TIL petting a dog for 5 to 24 minutes increases the hormone oxytocin levels in both the human and dog, neurochemically stimulating bonding between them
ep5DD TIL that in 2013, the first known Tinder match in Antarctica happened when two researchers—one at McMurdo Station and another camping in the Dry Valleys—swiped right on each other. They were about a 45-minute helicopter ride apart.
b9WBN TIL A “thing” was an assembly in old Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community.
VlW0 TIL that Justin Timberlake’s mom adopted Ryan Gosling when he was growing up.
6ErM7 TIL that the animal in the logo of Mozilla Firefox is not a fox, but a red panda, also called firefox in chinese