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TIL Samaritans still exist, but there are only ~800 left comprising 4 extended families

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PYwQw TIL a town in Texas renamed itself to Dish in 2005 for 10 years of free television service from the company Dish network.
ElgX TIL a 2006 trial of an autoimmune drug that was found to be safe in mice, caused human volunteers fingers and toes to die within minutes of taking it and left them with multiple organ failures.
v1vL8 TIL in 1968 over 6,000 sheep died in Utah after a mishap at a chemical weapons test range some 50 miles away. A cannister aboard a spray plane malfunctioned, dispersing the gas to a height of 1,400 ft instead of the intended 150 ft.
loJAa TIL that in his famous scene in ‘The Shining’, the crew made a fake door for Jack Nicholson to break through, but had to replace it with a real door as the fake one broke too quickly due to Jack previously being a Fire Marshall.
5YWnR TIL that on April 4, 1964, the Beatles had all of the top five singles in the USA, the only time this has ever happened.