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TIL Douglas Crafut, an American radiographer, may have committed suicide by radiation poisoning

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jN5Gv TIL Recent research has suggested plague first infected humans in Europe and Asia in the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age. Research in 2018 found evidence of Yersinia pestis in an ancient Swedish tomb, which may have been associated with the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 BCE.
JYyKj TIL the the chemical formula of the salt that makes solid cheese smooth and creamy spells out NaCHO.
rNEDd TIL when President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz, members of the crowd began beating the latter. The President then told the attackers to "go easy on him, boys." McKinley survived initially but died 8 days later. Leon Czolgosz was executed by electrocution a few months later.
oBdR TIL that the Isles of Scilly has the smallest football (soccer) league in the world. The league consist of 2 teams who play one another 17 times a season and compete for 2 cups and the league title.
yQ5lV TIL that according to John Lennon, the ticket mentioned in the 1965 Beatles hit “Ticket to Ride” refers not to an actual ticket for travel, but refers to cards carried by prostitutes in 1960s Hamburg to indicate a clean bill of health.