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TIL unvaccinated children in Victoria, Australia are prohibited from enrolling in childcare.

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ZWV4 TIL that snake charming has nothing to do with the music being played but instead has to do with the instrument’s movement.
0da1A TIL electroplating, a sophisticated technology used in microelectronic fabrication, was invented by Indigenous Americans in Peru around 500 CE. Europeans only invented this technique around 1800.
kJOOd TIL that in the original concept for Bob's Burgers, the family were going to be cannibals. FOX got the idea dropped.
LaZd TIL until 40 years ago scientists believed all life and food chains ultimately depended on the sun for energy. The discovery of deep sea vents with whole ecosystems driven solely by chemical energy changed this view. Now it’s thought that life may have actually originated from such systems.
5YKRP TIL Alberta Canada is the largest inhabited land mass that has no rat population. Every territory surrounding it has rats, but high rat control efforts have kept them out.