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TIL forgotten smallpox vials were found in a cardboard box in Maryland in 2014, over 30 years after its eradication

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9w6Z6 TIL During the first dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, one of the outer window panes on the bathysphere cracked. They opted to continue, and successfully reached the bottom.
kJ01 TIL that in 2014, Nickelodeon will be releasing the sequel to the Spongebob Squarepants movie to commemorate 15 years of Spongebob.
6lGw TIL 11% of americans could not identify the united states on a map in a 2002 survey.
0ew5 TIL that Asia Carrera (former porn star) performed on the piano at Carnegie Hall twice before the age of 15, and later won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University. However, at age 17 she ran away from home because she felt her parents put too much pressure on her to succeed academically.
PYZnw TIL that venomous snakes can still bite after its head has been severed.