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TIL the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, kept her deceased husbands heart wrapped in silk, in her desk.

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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)
v1LDj TIL that the US is in eternal battle with a flesh eating fly called the Screw Worm. Basically a maggot that burrow into live flesh, head first. There's a worm screw border guard at Panama, having mostly irradicating them in North America. Last US case in 2016. Yes, they will lay their eggs in you.
Q9YE TIL that Allen High School (TX) built a $60 million football stadium it can’t use, so the two-time defending state champion Eagles play every game on the road.
b9Vx7 TIL about Jinjing The Penguin Who Swims 5000 Miles Every Year To Visit The Man Who Saved Him
GYLrE TIL about the "Herald of Free Enterprise," a ferry that capsized and killed 193 people because the crew forgot to close the bow doors.