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TIL: In 1494, Europe experienced the closest thing to a real-life zombie outbreak.

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b6Do9 TIL that the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby in 1963 was broadcast live on national television and is the first known human killing seen live on TV.
plZ8 TIL of the Voynich manuscript, a 246 page book that is filled with botanical illustrations along with written word that modern linguists have so far been incapable of deciphering. Attempts to identify the plants have likewise largely failed. Carbon dating places the book at around 1400 AD.
WDZ4 TIL that North Korean citizens who flee to South Korea automatically become South Korean citizens
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