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TIL squirrels can survive a fall from any height

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ne8MB TIL about Mary Mallon, an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid, who spread it in New York city in the 1900s. Dr. George Soper discovered every establishment she worked in as a cook had an outbreak of typhoid and warned her to wash her hands but she ignored him and continued to spread it all over the city
eZJD TIL WWI was not fought over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. His death was merely the flashpoint that triggered worldwide action over tensions that had simmered for years.
9wv7Q TIL about John Wilkes, a British politician, who once lost an election even after bribing a ship's captain to take a load of opposition voters to Norway.
DLKY TIL Lemmy’s aim for Motorhead was that it would “be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die”
epV64 TIL That, shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, Eugene Stoner, inventor of the AR-15, and Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, met near Washington DC and developed a friendship that lasted until Stoner's death seven years later.