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TIL The “Black Death” plague (Yersinia pestis) still exists in the US (1–17 reported cases per year).

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Nane TIL the author of Leaving Las Vegas killed himself after learning it was being made into a film. His father said the novel was his suicide note.
YpAY7 TIL of Frederick McKinley Jones - an orphaned black American who, in the 1930s when racial segregation was the norm, invented the first successful automatic refrigeration system for trucks. This lead to the development of supermarkets and better combat-zone medical supply.
5EYB TIL 75% of all Silent Films Have Been Lost
loorN TIL Jon Arbuckle drank a glass of dog semen in a Garfield strip
amOA TIL Winston Churchill’s last words were “I’m so bored with it all.”