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TiL that as recently as 2012, the black death was reported in Oregon and Colorado.

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oRnWr TIL a Denver motel owner secretly recorded hotel guests under the auspices of performing a quasi-scientific study on guests' sexual acts.
BrPjd TIL that, after hearing Leonard Cohen's album including "Hallelujah," the head of CBS Records said it wasn't good enough for a U.S. release. Years later, accepting an award, Cohen thanked his record company by saying, “I have always been touched by the modesty of their interest in my work.”
RPAa TIL that Wendy’s stopped advertising on Ellen after Ellen Degeneres came out as gay
oBDaL TIL Stephen Colbert's father and two brothers died in a plane crash when he was 10 years old
D1ElV TIL Lab Mice are unintentionally bread with long telomeres which could invalidate most studies involving mice.