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TIL that in 1950, Alfred Carlton Gilbert created a toy lab set that used actual radioactive material

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ANNbo TIL of Paparokades. A rock band formed by a group of Greek priests in the mid 90s in order to boost tourism to their monastery.
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oRDk7 TIL that the town of Mafeking, wholly inside and incorporated as part of South Africa since 1910, was the officially recognized capital of Bechuanaland (Botswana) until 1965.
W7yRL TIL Swooping season in a thing in Australia, with over 4000 annual incidents of magpies attacking humans to defend their nests, and common solutions including strapping helmets to your kids on their way to school
wLlW7 TIL about Ali Maow Maalin. In 1977 he was diagnosed and later found to be the last known person to be naturally infected with smallpox. He made a full recovery and in the 2000's worked with the WHO on their successful polio eradication campaign in Somalia. He died of malaria in 2013.