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TIL that the 3rd Plague Pandemic (yersinia pestis) officially ended in 1959.

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9YBdQ TIL, Reptile (Mortal Kombat) has on several occasions, dropped whatever HIGHLY IMPORTANT MISSION he was on at the time, because a pretty lady approached him and offered him the opportunity to get into her pants. And he is betrayed every time.
OoAOg TIL In a study of the mental health of students, higher levels of prayer were associated with better mental health as measured by lower psychoticism scores. However, in Catholic schools, higher levels of prayer were also associated with higher neuroticism scores.
KOMGE TIL WWII plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe pioneered the use of saline baths as a treatment for burns after he noticed that pilots who crashed into the sea had faster rates of healing from burns than those who crashed on land
E1JWW TIL: Anti-communist South Vietnam used a song written by a communist as their national anthem without his permission
xVDa1 TIL that Richard Gere has effectively been banned from Hollywood for speaking out against China