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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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ZpwN4 TIL that Sean Connery whilst working with Lana Turner, was confronted by Turner’s gangster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato. Stompanato drew a gun on Connery, only to be disarmed and beaten up by the actor.
WkEvA TIL the Tesla Model X has a “Bioweapon Defense Mode” that purifies the air within the vehicle and keeps all harmful particles out in the event of an apocalyptic event
GYNp5 TIL that "sinister" means "left" or "left-handed" in Latin from the word "sinus" meaning "pocket". In Roman togas, the pocket would be on the left side. This grew to left-handed people having unlucky or even evil connotations, which led to the modern English word "sinister".
e0kDE TIL the highest artificial temperature recorded was when scientists at Large Hadron Collider announced that they had temperatures of over 5 trillion K. The team smashed together lead ions at 99% light speed to create quark gluon plasma–a state of matter that filled the universe after the Big Bang.
D1Mrv TIL the UK has separate area codes just for cell phones.