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TIL ciabatta has only been around since 1982.

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R77Ol Vaccination is underway for the 2017-2018 seasonal flu, and next year will mark the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed roughly 40 million people.
R7eBa TIL that Claude Monet developed cataracts and was struggling to paint later in life, until he had the lens of his left eye completely removed. Afterward he could not only see more clearly but was able to see and paint in UV colors.
jNvZE TIL the Harry Potter books sold roughly the same as the movies at $7.7 billion USD
vwD TIL Saddam Hussein’s last words were “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad-” before the executioner let the floor out from beneath the gallows, cutting him off midsentence.
5VrjP TIL the song Harper Valley PTA (1968) became a movie (1978) and a TV show (1981). Has this happened before or since with a single song?