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TIL Aladdin was actually a Chinese tale, and the Arabian Nights weren't exclusively in Arabia.

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epjyk TIL that in the late 1600s Emperor K'ang Hsi, who had survived smallpox as a child, had his children inoculated. That method involved grinding up smallpox scabs and blowing the matter into nostril. Inoculation may also have been practiced by scratching matter from a smallpox sore into the skin.
mx0rR TIL about mobster --"Handsome Johnny" Roselli, who infiltrated Hollywood in the 1920s. He rose up the ranks with Al Capone. He knew everybody,dated movie stars, played golf with studio heads and was buds with Marilyn Monroe. But in 1976 he was rubbed out by a Mafia hitman & stuffed into an oil drum.
VBpWG TIL about Roman politicians Saturninus and Glaucia who allegedly had a political opponent, Gaius Memmius, beaten to death in front of the voters. This caused civil unrest within Roman aristocracy and an angry mob brutally killed the duo among their alleged conspirators.
neGQr Today I learned the music video from "Wham - Last Christmas" was remastered in 4k by tracking down the original tapes. Here is a comparison.
ParL TIL Nazi scientists were the first to link smoking with lung cancer