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TIL potentially lethal bacteria found in a Disney water park forced the closure of Discovery Island. 10 years later, three explorers broke in and this is what they found…

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0oMj TIL Dr. Julius Wagner-Jauregg won a Nobel Prize for his cure for Syphilis. He’d treat it by giving the patient Malaria.
ADdLB TIL about the Oka Crisis, when the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, joined by natives from other communities in Canada and the United States, rebelled against an attempt by the local Canadian government to build a golf course over sacred Mohawk land.
0AJL TIL David Kaczynski, the Unabomber’s brother, received a $1 Million reward from the FBI for tipping off authorities of his brother’s involvement. After paying off his legal expenses, he donated most the money to the victims.
XER96 TIL one of the primary economic principles of Nazi Germany was the mass privatization of public industries.
W76y9 TIL Henry Winkler (The Fonz) turned down the role of Danny Zuko in the movie Grease, hoping not to be typecast. The role went to John Travolta, who had played the character Doody in the stage production of Grease.