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TIL Like smallpox, Polio is on its way out with 22 cases worldwide in 2017

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o8Wr TIL in 1960 the heir to the Coors beer fortune was abducted and murdered
OZwe TIL in 1996 ASCAP threatened Girl Scouts of America for singing campfire songs without paying licensing fees.
07yv TIL that for over an hour on February 7th 2008, Comcast accidentally broadcast porn instead of Cartoon Network in Nashville, Tennessee. In another incident, Comcast replaced Disney Channel with hardcore porn for subscribers in Lincroft, New Jersey.
BrPAy TIL that in 1582, the English merchant fleet had a total carrying capacity of 68,000 tons and required about 16,000 sailors (The container ship OOCL Hong Kong, christened in 2017, can carry some 200,000 tons while requiring a crew of only 22).
oMbE TIL When Danny Glover first said the line, “I’m getting too old for this shit”, was back in 1987. He was 40 at the time.