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Washington, California, Arizona, Chicago and Virginia 

From observations, the virus is capable of transmission even during incubation period” of one to 14 days, Ma said. “There are hidden carriers.” 

That makes this outbreak different from severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, a virus that was not contagious during

Confirmed Countries

Hong Kong, Macao, Thailand, Taiwan Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, France, Canada and Australia.

Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and people. Many of the initial cases were linked to a seafood and meat market in Wuhan. Chinese health officials said human-to-human transmission has been confirmed.

Mostly it’s a big deal because it’s a new strain that could run away quickly if not contained.

China spent the crucial first days of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak arresting people who posted about it online and threatening journalists

A man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle is being treated largely by a robot

Hong Kong shutting down schools until February 17 over Coronavirus

i tried to apply the corona virus symptoms in plague inc and let it evolve and after doing so i have runned it 10 times and found out we have 70% chance of surviving

Hospital staff in Wuhan are wearing adult diapers because they don't have time to pee while caring for an overwhelming number of coronavirus patients

This is how Chinese recycle sewage oil into Cooking oil

TIL one of the reasons achieving happiness is so difficult for humans is something called "prevalence-induced concept change" — when your life improves so much that bad experiences start to decrease, your brain automatically makes other 'less bad' experiences seem worse than it would before.

TIL Michael Jordan says Kobe Bryant is the only player to ever have approached him in work ethic, waking up at 430 in the morning to practice before his required practice with his team

TIL Filipino people can travel to Israel without a visa because during WW2, Manuel L. Quezon granted refuge to Jewish people looking to escape Hitler and Nazi Germany

Today I learned that in the original release of 'The Empire Strikes Back' Palpatin was portrayed by a 78-years old woman named Marjorie Eaton, under heavy makeup.

They never tell you how much time you’ll waste as an adult trying to decide whether or not to keep a cardboard box

Thanks to dating apps, a lot of flirting is now probably done while pooping.

The truest example of Pavlovian conditioning is that every time you hear 'Pavlov' you automatically think of a dog.

If it weren’t for movies, the average person would probably have no idea what an elevator shaft looks like.

If you don't wear the right clothes when you go for a run, you look like an insane person.

Babies don't know dreams aren't real, so they must think they have some crazy adventures with you every day.

Finding food in the forest is easy, the problem is finding poison is 20 times easier

If you woke up and had the power to walk through walls it would take you a long time to realise

In almost all sports, gravity is the main opponent.

If Star Trek-like transporter technology were invented, the airline industry would spend billions to discredit it as unsafe and scary.

For being a high school in Europe, Hogwarts has a surprising lack of cigarettes.

In The Matrix, if the machines were that smart they would just put everyone in the Dark Ages where nobody had any concept of a computer and would never get out.

You would never drive that close to a car coming at speed in the opposite direction to you if it weren't for the line of paint on the ground between you.

Jet lag must be a real son of a bitch in the Star Wars universe.

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TIL that in WWII, an Australian soldier removed his own appendix in the middle of a Philippine jungle in 1944, without any anaesthetic and with only the use of a mirror and an ordinary knife. The operation took 4 and a half hours and he stitched himself up with jungle fibre.

TIL that since roosters crow at an average of 130 decibels, their external auditory canals close off completely when they fully open their beak. This prevents them from damaging their own hearing when they crow.

TIL In 1883, gifts were distributed after a show in Victoria Hall. Many of the estimated 1100 children surged downstairs, but the door opened inward and had been bolted so only one could pass at a time. Those in front were crushed by those behind them. 183 children between the ages of 3 and 14 died.

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Protesters in Iran are demanding that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei steps down, after the country's military admitted to accidentally downing a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board

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Ricky Gervais to celebrities at the Golden Globes: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world."

Virginia Democrat introduces bill to allow minors to obtain birth control and vaccines without parental consent. Remember, when Colorado implemented similar policies, the teen pregnancy rate AND the abortion rate dropped by double digits. Don't like abortion? Vote for bills like this.

TIL that two doctors saved a woman’s life on an airplane by performing mid-air surgery on her with a coat hanger and silverware. They also used cognac to sterilise the equipment. It was on a flight from Hong Kong-London. They couldn’t land for help, as the increase in air pressure could kill her.

Oculus Quest fixed my Binocular Dysfunction

If elevators hadn't been invented, all the CEOs and important people would have their offices on the first floor as a sign of status.

When buying something from a store for $1.00, we think it’s super cheap, but on the App Store, it’s super expensive

LEGO could make lots more money if they had an online "build and ship" service where you build your thing online and have them ship you the parts with instructions.

Old people always complain of millennials and “always being on their phones,” yet they’re the ones who refuse to ever put them on silent mode

Turbulence is the pot hole of the sky.

Stormtroopers must be brilliant at Russian Roulette

Heist movies based on Real heists make more money than the heist itself.

There are many men named Hunter, but oddly no women named gatherer.

Google is being widely used as a Spell checker.

At this point in time, a baby was born, someone had their first birthday, another went through puberty, another proposed, another married, another retired and another died. Practically a whole life was lived in this very moment

Maturity is realizing that maybe you're the asshole that needs to change

In a good relationship, no one wears the pants.

If you rate someone 10/10, they’re a 1

As a kid growing up you never appreciate that one of life's most difficult questions as an adult is what are we going to do for dinner tonight. The trickier part is you have to answer this question every day.

If elevators hadn't been invented, all the CEOs and important people would have their offices on the first floor as a sign of status.

Being able to do well in school without putting any effort in actually makes your life harder in the future

The voice in your head is incredible at impersonations

If you have an organ donor card, you will drop loot when you die.

The kids of the future probably won’t make ‘Brrmmm brrmm’ sounds when they play with toy cars

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https://digg.com/2020/suleimani-killing-iran-us-war-what-does-it-mean

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/world/2020/1/3/21047989/iran-general-killed-qassem-soleimani-world-war-3

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/world/more-ties-between-iran-and-al-qaeda-emerge.amp

The Pope slapped a woman on day 1 of 2020, world war III is trending on day 2, what will happen on day 3?

The United States' main allies are abandoning Trump over his 'dangerous escalation' with Iran

Trump brags about the size of his military in midnight tweet | “The United States just spent two trillion dollars on military equipment. If Iran attacks any American, we will be sending some of that brand new beautiful equipment their way... and without hesitation!"

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/was-it-legal-donald-trump-order-killing-top-iranian-general-n1109961

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/how-trump-decided-to-kill-a-top-iranian-general/2020/01/03/77ce3cc4-2e62-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html

Shower Thoughts

No matter what single letter you take from the word "boats" you will still have a word

The reason it seems like everyone in public restrooms always has crazy diarrhea is probably because no one really wants to sh*t in a public restroom unless it’s an emergency.

Toothpaste falls so easily off your brush, but you can't wash it down the drain if you wanted to...

When you order food at a restaurant, you always start your order with a drink. At a fast food joint, you always end your order with a drink.

There must be a thriving U.S. and Israeli flag manufacturing business in Iran, since they always seem to have a bunch on hand for burning during protests.

One day our parents put us on the floor... and never picked us up again.

No British King has ever used the internet

We live in a world where GTA is a kid’s game and Candy Crush is an adult’s game.

A foam pit is a good place to find out how far you can throw a child.

Before we had cordless tools, we had corded tools. And before that, we had cordless tools.

Hot headed is bad, but warm hearted is good. Cool headed is good, but cold hearted is bad.

Subtitles are tiny spoilers within the movie.

When you order food at a restaurant, you always start your order with a drink. At a fast food joint, you always end your order with a drink.

Some people just celebrated the year that they will die in.

Kids are homemade roommates.

2050 is as far away as 1990

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Crazy stuff this decade

TIL that Romans weaved asbestos fibers into a cloth-like material that was then sewn into tablecloths and napkins. These cloths were cleaned by throwing them into a blistering fire, from which they came out unharmed and whiter than when they went in.

TIL that the United States Government, in response to a failing dairy market, began to stockpile millions of pounds of cheese in 1977. This stockpile still exists and now contains over 1.3 Billion pounds of cheese across the US.

TIL most successful startup companies aren't started by people in their 20s. The average age of founders who started a high-growth company is 45.\

TIL that America's first space shuttle, The Enterprise, was supposed to be called The Constitution but had its name changed after a massive write-in campaign from Star Trek fans. At the dedication, Gene Roddenberry and cast members from the show were in attendance.

Best part about next year is that we finally get a proper sounding decade - "The twenties"

The fact that men and women compete separately in Chess championships implies the idea that one gender is smarter than the other

It’s advisable for a depressed person to not see a Nike ad.

Getting glasses changes how you see the world and how the world sees you

Christmas is the only time of year when eating snacks out of an unwashed sock hanging on a wall is acceptable

People who use anti-aging creams must have the youngest looking fingertips on earth.

Your tongue knows exactly how everything you look at will feel.

Uncontacted tribes in the Amazon have no idea that water can freeze

Maybe dogs are afraid of vacuum cleaners because they’re intimidated by anything that can do one continuous woof

Due to most people not having full blown professional kitchens, a cooking show that only uses basic ingredients and a microwave to create dishes would probably be pretty popular.

if society collapsed, amazon warehouses will be fought over fiercely for being giant real-life lootboxes

They don’t let you smile in passport photos because they want you to look the same as if you were standing in line at customs for an hour

Growing up is realizing you get more joy out of seeing others open presents than you do from opening your own

We only say “Hey stranger” to people we know.

If Home Alone was told from Harry and Marv’s point of view, it would probably feel more like Saw than a fun kids movie.

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Crazy stuff this decade

Art shredded after being auctioned off

In about 1,000 years people will talk about us like we talk about cavemen. "The early species of humans were modestly advanced, forming little internet tribes and communities where they could collectively confirm their bias and collectively bash their enemy"

Country music is rich people pretending to be poor

A California roll is the chicken nuggets of sushi.

Santa gives better presents to wealthier kids

People who buckle their seatbelts are more likely to die from cancer

There was probably be an influx of pets named Yoda in the last couple weeks.

If sugar were discovered in 2019 it wouldn't pass health regulations.

When a starving predator is chasing prey they are both running for their lives.

Everyone would love puberty if it took you to a "Customize your Character" Screen

It’s a special feeling when you grow up and realize that all of the Christmas magic you felt as a child was really the feeling of unconditional love from your parents.

You've probably had some deadly diseases before, but your immune system killed them off before you knew.

Cringing at your past self shows self improvement

You never notice how narrowly you avoid objects in your house until they are moved slightly.

A fox is an animal running cat software on a dog

The illustrator of "Where's Waldo" could have wasted millions of hours of people's lives if he just left Waldo out of one of the books

Men's pain is telepathic when someone gets hit in the balls

There are billions of lasers that missed their targets zipping through the Star Wars galaxy.

You have to be somewhat smart to know how dumb you are

Spilling hot coffee on yourself wakes you up way faster than drinking it.

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Lord of the rings prequel coming on Amazon Prime!

Men wear trousers even though they have stuff hanging between their legs whereas women wear skirts which allow for free movement even though they have no dangly bits.

Memory foam doesn't remember us, it remembers itself without us. When it starts to remember us, we throw it away.

People who grew up with MySpace in their early teens kinda got a freebie in terms of your first major social media profile basically being wiped away

The farther away you can wave hi to someone, the closer you are as friends.

If you are waiting till New year's to make a change, it's not important to you

There are 3 types of cats, Those who are alive; Those who are dead and Those who are inside of a box

If everyone on Earth believed in Santa Claus, no one on Earth would receive gifts from Santa Claus.

Adding the letter "n" to the end of "ratio" removes a syllable

If you fly west at a perfect speed, then the days will pass but the hour will stay the same

Once your kids are old enough to remind you of things, you've essentially given birth to an external hard drive.

It’s that time of year where the clock can read 5:00 and you can’t tell if it’s morning or evening based on sunlight.

Flying economy is one of the most expensive ways to feel poor

Electric eels are the closest thing we have to a real Pokémon

Homophobia is gay because you spend more time paying attention to gay people.

Cinnamon is technically sawdust

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Why is trump being checked for impeachment 

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Members of the House are elected every two years, whereas senators are elected for six-year terms. Senators are at least thirty years old and citizens for nine years. Another difference is who they represent. Senators represent their entire states, but members of the House represent individual districts.

Democrats will hit Trump with 2 articles of impeachment: Abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, reports say

Tesla Cyber Truck in the Wilds of Los Angeles

Bernie Sanders Proposes Ending All Corporate Giving in U.S. Elections

Bernie Sanders: How barbaric is a system that says, "I'm going to destroy your family's finances because you had cancer"?

Bernie Sanders calls current healthcare system cruel & dysfunctional

Bernie Sanders says we should criminally prosecute fossil fuel executives

If people could live for 200+ years, we likely still wouldnt be able to retire until we were 180 or something

Technically, origami is a kind of woodworking

If 99% of the world hates you then there are still 75,270,000 people who like you. That's like half the population of Russia.

A computer keyboard is a word piano

Technically, origami is a kind of woodworking

If you offered people $1,000 to give you a hug they would probably think something was up or be weirded out. If you gave them $1,000 and didn’t ask for a hug you would probably get a very genuine one.

Someone decided that a random point of the Earth’s orbit is the start of a new year and we all went along with it.

This Friday is the last Friday the 13th of the decade

Every inch of Antarctica’s coast is the north coast

Actual criminal masterminds are people you’ve never heard of.

Some people can solve a Rubix Cube faster than you can scramble it

It’s gotta feel so good to moo as a cow. Probably feels really good to moo

Human faces in games are getting more and more realistic, while pictures of real human faces are getting less and less realistic.

Due to the existence of fireworks in the LOTR universe, middle earth historically speaking is probably only a few hundred years away from guns and military explosives

A circle is a shape, a letter, and a number.

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While TikTok is not authorized in China, it is owned by a Chinese company and has faced increasing scrutiny over fears it censors content considered offensive to the Chinese government.

According to the United Nations, more than 1 million Chinese Uighur Muslims are being detained in government internment camps. “Reeducación” camps

https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/dyemus/china_killing_prisoners_to_harvest_organs_didnt/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-china-50511063

The memo includes orders to:

• "Never allow escapes"

• "Increase discipline and punishment of behavioural violations"

• "Promote repentance and confession"

• "Make remedial Mandarin studies the top priority"

• "Encourage students to truly transform"

• "[Ensure] full video surveillance coverage of dormitories and classrooms free of blind spots"

Russia bans sale of smartphones, computers and smart TV's without Russian-made software

China killing prisoners to harvest organs. Didn't Alex Jones talk about this??

Chinese tells U.S. and Britain to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs

People in China are now required to have their faces scanned when registering new mobile phone services, as the authorities seek to verify the identities of the country's hundreds of millions of internet users.

China now requires face scans to sign up for phone service

Vote To Federally Legalize Marijuana Planned In Congress

TIL Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally going to have an elaborate fight scene between Indiana Jones and a master swordsman. But Harrison Ford was ill so they just had Indy pull out a gun and shoot him instead.

TIL that ninjas avoided garlic or any pungent food to prevent their body odour from being detected by the enemy when hiding.

Internet freedom is declining around the world—and social media is to blame

TIL The thief of America’s first bank robbery who stole the sum of $162,821, was caught because he deposited the money back into the same bank.

TIL that Four out of five members of Congress continued to drink alcohol during Prohibition

If you start taking a dump half a minute before the new year arrives you will have taken a shit spanning 2 decades

If nudism was the norm, there would probably be a lot more different types of makeup.

Your sports must be really boring if you need half naked women on the side line to keep people's attention.

We will never truly be in the same spot twice due to how the earth moves and the solar system moves.

During a nuclear explosion, there is a certain distance of the radius where all the frozen supermarket pizzas are cooked to perfection.

The less you touch your mouse to do things on the computer, the more you look like a professional.

The CyberTruck designs actually makes a lot of sense if you realize Elon went for a shape that is easy to render for the simulation we are living in, and thus will be able to drive faster.

A toilet is an elaborate adapter to connect an ass to a sewer pipe

Dying from just sitting and doing nothing is life’s way of saying “you’ve been kicked due to inactivity”

If golf had never been invented, hailstones would probably be the size of chicken’s eggs instead.

If a year had 364 days, birthdays would fall on the same day of the week. Imagine you having your birthday on a Monday for your whole life

Pavlov probably thought about feeding his dogs every time someone rang a bell.

Everyone can be a sword swallower at least once.

As you get older, you’re less likely to cry from physical pain, and more likely to cry from emotional pain.

If Eminem’s Mom wanted to she could probably make a good amount of money selling her own spaghetti sauce

Lamps in Videogames use real electricity.

Spicy wings are the absolute pinnacle of human evolution. You are eating the wings a bird uses to fly away from predators covered in the chemical that spicy plants use as a defense mechanism.

If people from the Star Wars universe ever came to Earth, the fact that it has deserts, rain forests, prairies, tundras AND oceans would probably be a real mind fuck for them.

You notice when one sock in a pair is missing, but not when both of them are

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Amazing page showing the size of our solar system (best on a phone): If the Moon were only 1 pixel

I found an app which replaces Spotify ads with interdimensional cable

Apple Removing Vaping-Related Apps From App Store Today Amid Public Health Concerns

Complicated drone shot

Disney+ warns viewers of 'outdated cultural depictions' in old movies

John Carmack moving to a "Consulting CTO" position at Oculus to pursue AGI

The European Investment Bank has agreed to phase out its multibillion-euro financing for fossil fuels within the next two years to become the world’s first ‘“climate bank”. The bank will end its financing of oil, gas, and coal projects after 2021

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the single leading source of anti-vax ads on Facebook

Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change

These Protesters Are Getting Creative

Chinese embassy has threatened Swedish government with "consequenses" if they attend the prize ceremony of a chinese activist. Swedish officials have announced that they will not succumb to these threats.

Hong Kong in chaos as protesters gather at universities with bows and arrows

Update: Nate Diaz replies to fan who bet on him and lost

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The singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time died in an 11 hour police standoff during which time his brother-in-law, Snoop Dogg, attempted to calm him down and for him to surrender

TIL the Grand Canyon Museum had three buckets of radioactive uranium ore on display for 18 years, and only found out when a kid was goofing around with a Geiger counter

There's comes a time in everyone's life where beating up someone younger than you goes from pathetic to impressive.

Soldiers today can get PTSD from just killing someone while looking through a scope. Imagine what soldiers of medieval times would’ve suffered.

The reason its hard to tell if someone is flirting with you is because you can't compare their behavior around you to their behavior when you are not there

The biggest mistake made when designing jurassic park was using door handles instead of knobs

If you teleported to a random location on Earth you would most likely drown.

Social media is weird. You’re showing people all the things you are doing that you didn’t invite them to and then asking them to “like” it.

Finishing building something is more satisfying then having the thing that you built

Bubblegum and birthday cake are flavors but bubblegum and birthday cake can be any flavor.

There are people going to bed thinking about a embarrassing thing they did in front of you, that you don't remember

Work is intellectual prostitution

If we lived in Gotham, Batman probably would have gotten Jeffrey Epstein’s guards to talk by now.

It's not scary because you are alone in a dark room, it's scary because you think you're not alone.

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