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

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5l6r TIL That cops in Thailand are forced to wear a pink Hello-Kitty armband if they break the law or rules of duty.
WEg8 TIL there’s a city in Georgia with 90 miles of golf cart paths parallel to the normal road network. More than 9000 families in Peachtree City use golf carts as their second car.
PeG TIL The fake flames on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney are so convincing that the Anaheim Fire Department requested that they be automatically turned off in case of fire so firefighters can fight the real blaze and not waste time battling artificial ones.
X0A8j TIL about the Guy West Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Sacramento, CA that is scaled-down replica of the Golden Gate Bridge
ZmXB TIL the U.S. has recycled the uranium of 18,000 nuclear warheads into energy since 1994.