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TIL that a town in China produces 60% of all the xmas decorations in the world

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jNXkR TIL prior to the flu pandemic (1918) being reported in St. Louis, Dr. Max Starkloff had local physicians on high alert and wrote about the importance of avoiding crowds. As health commissioner he closed schools, theaters, and prohibited public gatherings. The city had the lowest U.S. mortality rate.
GAZpN TIL of Direct collapse black holes, where black holes in the early universe could form directly via the collapse of dense gas, rather than requiring stars to form first and then collapse into a black hole.
yV7je TIL the 10,000 steps a day goal originated from a 1960s Japanese marketing campaign for a pedometer in the wake of the Tokyo Olympics
KQbG TIL that Neil Flynn (“The Janitor”) was only cast for the pilot episode of Scrubs. He was so popular, however, that he became a regular.
xeY5 TIL Terry Gilliam was J.K. Rowling first choice to direct Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone