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TIL smallpox killed more people in the 20th century than all the wars combined.

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0w8pR TIL after the Pope banned joining the Freemasons in 1738, a group of Catholics started their own secret society named 'The Order of the Pug' in which initiation involved wearing a collar, walking on all fours, pawing at the door to be let in, getting barked at and kissing a pug statue's butt.
Mp7a TIL A Michigan Police Officer bought a car seat for a man’s daughter instead of giving him a ticket.
g9VD TIL: Shakespeare is the only author with his own Dewey decimal number; it’s 822.33.
78e4P TIL the state parliament of Bremen, Germany, is called the Bürgerschaft
oROgo TIL A music video was made for Bee Gee's "Night Fever" in 1978, but not shown to the public until 26 years later, in 2004. It shows them singing in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and many places shown no longer exist