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TIL that term 'patient zero' was coined by mistake during the 80's AIDS pandemic, when someone read Patient O (as in first recorded in US Outside California) wrongly

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7rw6p TIL that M.O stands for modus operandi.
awWM TIL Aaron McGruder, the author of the Boondocks, called Condoleeza Rice a mass murderer to her face.
b6Rl4 Today I learned that the Jacuzzi (of hot tub fame) name only exists because immigration staff misspelled the name Iacuzzi.
PVOE TIL that in the classic 1938 Errol Flynn film “The Adventures of Robin Hood,” the producers wanted a realistic ‘look’ when people were killed by arrows. Instead of SFX or editing tricks, they just hired an expert archer to shoot extras wearing padding. Extras were paid $150 each time they were shot.
YpMjd TIL about Yasuteru Yamada, a retired engineer who after watching the news coverage of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, organized a group of 200+ fellow retirees and volunteered to go to the site and assist in the cleanup so the younger generation didn't have to and risk exposure to radiation.