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TIL that Measles infection causes "immune amnesia" which causes your immune system to forget how to fight pathogens that you had previously obtained immunity to.

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0d1jL TIL sticky rice was used in the brick mortar during the construction of the Great Wall of China and is one of the factors that has kept it standing for so long!
GYve7 TIL When white settlers asked abolitionist John Brown to help drive out Native Americans, he said, "I will have nothing to do with so mean an act. I would sooner take my gun and help drive YOU out of the country."
YpWyr TIL that the word "amethyst" means "not drunk" because of an Ancient Greek belief that drinking from an amethyst cup would prevent intoxication.
work8 TIL some copies of the Toy Story 2 DVD sold at Costco in 2000 accidentally contained a scene in the middle of the film from High Fidelity where the word “fuck” was used twice.
nebVP TIL that London's Australia House gives out drinkable water from 900-year-old 'holy well'