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TIL There were 999 cases of Black Death reported in the United States between 1900 and 2010.

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X0YGQ TIL about the Karpman Drama Triangle. Turns out we often get stuck in it without even realizing. We are switching between victim, rescuer and persecutor depending on the situation and people around us. The point is to learn how to step out of the triangle entirely.
Z8xgQ TIL Keanu Reeves turned down $11 million to do Speed 2 and instead toured with his band and took the title role in a 1995 Manitoba Theatre Centre production of Hamlet in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
epa8b TIL the London Bridge built in the 1830s, that spanned the River Thames was auctioned off and sold in 1968, was purchased from the City of London for $2,460,000. It was disassemble, shipped across the Atlantic, through the Panama canal, eventually reassembled in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
l7691 TiL that Noel Gallagher wrote Oasis's first hit single ("Supersonic") in half an hour during a break in a recording session while the rest of the band got Chinese takeout.
xVGd1 TIL Gotye didn't monetize his music on YouTube, missing out in millions of dollars in revenue from just his "Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)" video on YouTube.