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TIL Inoculation against smallpox has existed since the 15th century.

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gMw69 TIL Actor Charlie Sheen reported the movie Guinea Pig 2 to the FBI because he genuinely believed a woman was killed during the filming.
OorKg TIL that as Drone Bees mate with Queen Bees mid-flight, all blood in the Drone's body rushes to his endophallus causing him to lose control of his body. After inseminating the queen, his body falls to the ground leaving part of his endophallus in the queen.
Ypkwr TIL Norway gets 99% of its electric power from hydropower
XV4X TIL the word “poppycock” comes from the Dutch word poppekak, which literally translates to “as fine as doll shit”.
rRrE1 TIL that when Upton Sinclair published his landmark 1906 work "The Jungle” about the lives of meatpacking factory workers, he hoped it would lead to worker protection reforms. Instead, it lead to sanitation reforms, as middle class readers were horrified their meat came from somewhere so unsanitary.