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TIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restl... (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Cuba’s biggest economic export is doctors, who they lease to foreign governments for $11 billion a year, with around 50,000 Cuban doctors serving 67 different countries at any one time (en.wikipedia.org)
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US scientists repeat fusion power breakthrough (archive.ph)
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TIL that Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city by area in the continental United States at 875 square miles and was named after General Andrew Jackson who never even visited Jacksonville ever (refactoid.com)
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US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction (www.theguardian.com)
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TIL that James Cox didn't know the value of his second-hand watch until someone admired his 'Paul Newman' style watch. It 𝘸𝘢𝘴 Newman's actual watch and Cox sold it for $15.5m + premium (rubberb.com)
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Repairability vs reliability: Apple argues that removable batteries add a potential failure point to phones (www.techspot.com)
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In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black (www.businessinsider.com)
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End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work (nypost.com)
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TIL that less than two weeks after the French surrender in WWII, the British attacked a French naval base to prevent Germany from using the ships. Over 1,200 died and multiple ships were destroyed ... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Astonishing cloth simulation (oimo.io)
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Lenovo may enter handheld games market with 'Legion Go' console (www.cnet.com)
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