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TIL immunization efforts have reduced polio cases by >99%. Pakistan accounts for 86% of the current cases

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w0NJ TIL that 90% of people who spend 3 or more hours a day on the computer, will suffer Computer Vision Syndrome (Under the “Prevalence” section)
EgJEx TIL that Technicolor is named after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where two of the founders of Technicolor, Inc., Herbert Kalmus and Daniel Frost Comstock, received their undergraduate degrees in 1904.
gMnvb TIL Mets fan Mike Sergio parachuted on to the field during the 1986 World Series. He was jailed for 21 days and given 500 hours community service. To this day he refuses to reveal the pilots name.
4XvX5 TIL that Buddy Holly's wife found out about his death while watching TV and suffered a miscarriage the next day due to "psychological trauma"; his mother heard the news on the radio and collapsed. Soon after, authorities adopted a policy of notifying a victim's family before their name was released.
6wPJ TIL Bruce Springsteen’s classic, Born to Run, almost became the official song of New Jersey until legislators listened to the lyrics and realized the song was about wanting to get out of New Jersey.