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TIL in Ontario, anyone living within 50km of a nuclear plant can order free iodine tablets for use in the event of a nuclear accident. Anyone within 10km receives them by mail automatically.

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Wk1eA TIL, the earliest form of smallpox immunization was used in China in the 1500’s. Doctors would take ground up scabs from people with mild cases of the disease, and blow the material into their nostrils. This lead to a mild version of the disease which had a mortality rate of ~2%.(20-30%if untreated)
ZpYda TIL Terrence C. Carson, the original voice of Kratos from the God of War series, didn't reprise his role because he wasn't tall enough to fit into the motion caption suits required for the new God of War installments and because of his lack of chemistry with actor, Sunny Suljic, Kratos' son, Atreus
m10Ro TIL between 1400 & 1782, around 40k-60k people were killed on suspicion of practising witchcraft, primarily in Europe. Some witch hunts would last for years and some sources estimate 100,000 trials occurred. Some regions burnt the suspects at the stake, of whom roughly 80% were women, most above 40.
pY7bG TIL: Wham! was the 1st western pop act to ever perform in China, documenting the trip in the movie Wham! in China: Foreign Skies. Before the duo took the stage in Beijing, Chinese officials warned the audience that dancing was forbidden and then hauled away anyone caught dancing during the concert.
YG87 TIL a queen named Olga buried Nobles alive, burned the royalty, slayed everyone at her husbands funeral, and set their remaining town on fire, with birds, because they killed her king.