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TIL who Craig of Craigslist actually is!

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VMKD TIL that in Islamic Art, prophets look like they are on fire - flames are used instead of the ring halos in Western art.
xVbJb TIL that in 1978, a year after smallpox was eradicated worldwide, the virus escaped from the lab of professor Henry Bedson. It infected two last patients, including the last person to ever die of smallpox. Bedson, who had been working to rid the world of smallpox, killed himself the next day.
OGAn6 TIL, that in Japan their are companies that assist people in disappearing without a trace. Called 'Night Movers' these companies help people vanish if they want to escape debt, relationships or other societal pressures.
dDxB TIL A researcher has hacked pacemakers and can kill you from his laptop within a 30 ft radius
EBop TIL Charles Boycott, an English land agent, was so hated by the community he became a verb.