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  1. TIL: "Naturally infected animals do not show any clinical signs of disease [Trichinellosis], except in rare instances, even though they can reportedly harbor 1,000 parasite larvae per gram of muscle tissue."

    merckvetmanual.com/generalized

    #Trichinellosis #Trichinosis #nematodes #ThingILearnedToday

  2. I enjoy reading what people learned, or what changed their minds on Mastodon. I'd like to see more of that 🤔

    A #ThingILearnedToday :

    Early #FreeMarket advocates like #AdamSmith did not foresee #EconomiesOfScale.

    Their idea of free markets works as long as most employees eventually become self-employed. Economies of scale ruined that in a way. Large companies are much more efficient, so being self-employed will never pay off for most people.

    [from Elizabeth Anderson's Private Government]