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TIL that in October 2017, 170 people in Madagascar were killed and thousands were infected by the Black Death in the largest modern outbreak of the plague.

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mxBrO TIL 50 new shades of colours were created for the anime film Akira. This is due to the fact most of the movie takes place at night, which was a setting animators commonly avoided due to increased color requirements. In total there are 327 shades in the movie
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