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TIL the British study that linked vaccines to autism was retracted because this “elaborate fraud” has done long-lasting damage to public health

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E1ZRw TIL that the flag of Papua New Guinea was designed by a 15 year old school girl who won a nationwide competition to design the national flag
R5b9j TIL the largest living organism as of June 2022 is a specimen of "Posidonia australis" seagrass (aka Poseidon’s ribbon weed).Spawned from a single seed around 4500 years old and covering approximately 200 square kilometres (77 square miles), the entire plant is connected and shares the same DNA.
x6vL1 TIL during the Battle of Mars-la-Tour in the Franco-Prussian War, Von Bredow led 800 cavalry against a French force 4 times in size. He declared "it will cost what it will." The charge succeeded, but only 420 men returned out of 800. It was the last major European cavalry charge in history.
woZo1 TIL the name of the Atlantic Ocean doesn't come from Atlantis, but from the Titan Atlas ("Sea of Atlas"). In fact, Atlantis's name also comes from him as "Atlas's Island".
69rWX TIL That supermodels Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell met Cuban president Fidel Castro in 1998, after Moss sent him a letter