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TIL that SEGA is short for Service Games

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R7rl4 TIL inoculation was introduced to America in 1706 by an West African slave named Onesimus, who taught his owner Cotton Mather how his parents inoculated him as a child. in 1721, Mather used this method to successfully combat a smallpox outbreak in Boston.
KOQOE TIL about the Spanish Flu, one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of humanity. In less than 3 years it infected 30% and killed up to 5% of the entire world population. Why don't many people know much about it? Because it was largely overshadowed by another major event – World War I.
yxvM TIL that Terry Jones of Monty Python is credited with writing the movie “Labyrinth”, despite the script having been re-written several times
VBB98 TIL that SNL called Phil Hartman "The Glue" because his professionalism and comedy skills held together so many sketches
x6pp7 TIL that female snakes have 2 clitorises