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TIL that Mississippi has the highest child vaccination rate of any state. (99.7%)

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J1Qmk TIL that a Japanese pest control company built a grave in a 1,200-year-old graveyard in honor of all the termites it has killed.
Bgbxx TIL the oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for $5.04 million. The roughly 1,500-year-old stone was discovered in 1913, but went on to be used as paving outside someone's house for three decades until a scholar bought it in 1943 and recognized its historic importance.
kJeO5 TIL of Stephen Hawking's reply to Einstein's famous quote "God does not play". He replied "Not only does God play dice but he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen."
VneQ TIL Iraq and Afghanistan have universal health care provided by funding from the US
J4aj TIL that in 1939, 20,000 people attended a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden.