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TIL that our universe may be inside a larger universe

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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.
6KDl TIL 18 million people in the US are consistently hungry, and another 30 million people have occasional problems getting enough food to eat
a8Jg9 TIL people used to steal corpses and mummies to grind up into paint and medicines
LkxY0 TIL, old books have a particular smell due to lignin being present in the paper. Lignin is related to vanillin, leading them to have a faint vanilla scent.
wnMo TIL one of the greatest heists of $100 million in diamonds/jewelry was pulled off in 2003. This all came to an end, when a half eaten salami sandwich was traced back to the leader of the team who pulled off the heist.