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TIL Quarantine was first invented in Venice.

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nW99Y TIL there is an area of Yellowstone National Park called the “Zone of Death”, where a legal loophole could theoretically allow someone to get away with murder if committed there.
PPVL TIL that Astronomers had made a sweet discovery: simple sugar molecules floating in the gas around a star some 400 light-years away, suggesting the possibility of life on other planets.
WE0A TIL the US has fired a quarter of a million bullets for every 1 insurgent killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
awaL9 TIL: Madonna's "Like A Virgin" hit (1984) was written by 2 men, suggested/presented to Madonna by a man, and produced by a man.. But has become the optime of female Empowerment and sexuality and one the most "female" pop hits ever
9wYnX TIL that Michael Jackson helped Little Richard get his publishing rights back after his record company at the time low balled him with a bad contract deal