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TIL that the Manchurian plague outbreak of 1910-11 was incredibly deadly, with a near-100% fatality rate, and marked the first time that PPE including cloth masks were used on a significant scale to contain an epidemic

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GYa9G TIL why older people are more likely to develop cancer, MMA is an important factor in inducing cancer progression. The elderly's gastrointestinal dysfunction leads to vitamin B12 deficiency and insufficient vitamin B12 to react with MMA, leading to the accumulation of MMA.
5VoQ9 TIL a Chinese man was thought to have died from a lightning strike until his body exploded at his cremation. A piece of metal was found leading to the discovery that a weather rocket, meant to break up hail, had failed to explode & had fallen through the man's roof acting like a bullet, killing him.
OoPpL TIL that Vincent Price signed autographs as Dolores del Río because he had promised the actress before she died not to let people forget her
x67mD TIL about Daisen Kofun, the tomb of 5th century Japanese emperor Nintoku, and largest tomb in the world by surface area
XpO8 TIL: Israel’s history of selling USA’s secrets to China goes back to the 1980’s. China acquired advanced military tech & weapons from Israel then re-exported to Pakistan, Iran, etc. Also, Israeli military companies opened offices in China for sales. CIA said profit was “several billion dollars.”