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TIL: the genes that helped people survive of the Black Plague are now causing the decendants of those survivors to develop autoimmune diseases.

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odJK TIL that John Frank Dalton, who died at age 103 in 1951, publicly claimed to be the famous outlaw Jesse James.
YZ1v TIL in 2010, a flash mob of black youth showed up at the Iowa State Fair, yelled “It’s beat whitey night!”, and proceeded to assault white fairgoers at random.
l7x0V TIL In Britain during the First World War white feathers, which symbolized cowardice, were often given to males out of uniform by women to shame them publicly into signing up to join the war.
WkJKo TIL of Binky the polar bear who lived in Alaska Zoo where he mauled two visitors who jumped over the safety rails on separate occasions. After the maulings Binky merchandise was sold with the slogan “Send another tourist, this one got away” & his cage was upgraded to keep visitors out.
XPKE TIL that the Jonestown mass suicide in 1978 was responsible for the largest loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act prior to September 11, 2001