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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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EgO8X TIL in Germany, having sex with someone who says no repeatedly was legal until 2016. It was only punished as rape if violence was threatened or used, or the victim physically tried to fight off the rapist.
8eNja TIL Many spices contain significant levels of heavy metals like lead and arsenic, with no clear indicator of safety by brand name, country of origin, or organic status
rRXAx TIL: There's a Toyota Corona
P1pkw TIL twins can have different dads by the occurrence called heteropaternal superfecundation
0Ybj TIL that an episode of Peppa Pig had to be banned in Australia because it showed Peppa being friendly to spiders, which was not considered safe for kids due to the toxicity of many Australian species.