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TIL about a glitch in World of Warcraft that helped real world epidemiologists study how people react during the outbreak of a disease.

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D1ng TIL that the Bible mentions powerful, sinful giants known as the “Nephilim”, who are the children of fallen angels and mortal women.
Pevn TIL there is a “cult” offshoot of Christianity in China that believes Jesus is currently living in China as a Chinese woman.
VKKZ TIL Han Solo was originally supposed to appear in Star Wars: Episode III living among the wookies on Kashyyk.
OoNnL TIL of Operation Nemesis which aimed to take revenge against the people responsible for the Armenian genocide. Seven assassinations were secretly carried out in a span of two years.
9YDRQ TIL of Gary Hall Sr, a former Olympic medalist swimmer who became an opthalmologist. He made so many medical errors and was reprimanded so many times that he was banned from surgeries. His medical license was revoked after it was discovered that he performed a surgery following the ban anyway.