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TIL that the 1968 Flu pandemic killed over 1 million people

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p8loQ TIL DNA evidence shows that groups in the Amazon are more closely related to indigenous Australians than Native Americans
n8WW TIL that there’s a hamburger joint in Tokyo called Whoopi Goldburger.
Y1Zx TIL Russian voters used to have a box on their ballots to vote for “against all”.
MPb7 TIL the meme “sex offenders have an 80% re-offense rate” is bunk, despite being cited by the Supreme Court multiple times. The actual rate is closer to 2%.
kmJE TIL that former baseball player Bobby Bonilla signed a contract in 2000 which pays him $1.9 million a year until 2035.