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TIL that according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are still about 3,000 cases of the Black Plague seen every year.

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JY05Q TIL Thailand operates the world's smallest aircraft carrier. It has no jets since 2006, only sails for training one day a month and when at port it's open as a tourist attraction.
jNv5E TIL Mason bees can pollinate anywhere from 20-100k blossoms per day while honeybees pollinate only 50-1000 blossoms per day, making the native North American mason bee a far more efficient pollinator than the European honey bee.
lAmA TIL 80% of American toys are made in China’s Pearl River Delta, employing 3 million people in 8,000 factories
VBw84 TIL that Fort Douaumont, the largest and most important fort in the city of Verdun’s defence system during World War I, fell to a force of 98 Germans in 3 days in February 1916. It took the French army 302 days, and an estimated 100,000 casualties to retake it.
D0nD TIL There’s a group of people around the world dedicated to purchasing and destroying every copy of Shaq Fu, the Shaquille O'Neal video game.