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TIL If you live within 10 miles of a US Nuclear plant you can get Potassium Iodide pills from the department of health for free in case of a leak.

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VWmB TIL the word vaccine comes from the Latin root “vacca,” meaning cow. This is due to the discovery that smallpox could be prevented by inoculating patients with the much less severe cowpox virus.
j6EmR TIL the Gettysburg address was only 271 words long, and the speech was not scheduled as the day's primary speech
nDbG TIL that Olivia de Havilland (Gone With the Wind) and Kirk Douglas (Spartacus), both age 99, are the last two surviving stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age
YeA TIL Henry David Thoreau once accidentally burned down 300 acres of Walden Woods, and was known around town as “wood burner.”
xVkpb TIL: The introduction of wolves into Yellowstone in 1995 had huge beneficial effects on the environment, including changing the flow of rivers and streams.