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TIL Abraham Lincoln caught Smallpox shortly after the Gettysburg Address and required to be quarantined afterwards.

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9wgZD TIL when doctors realized that Rudolph Valentino would die (at age 31 in 1926) due to disease, they withheld the information from him, which was common for the time. Valentino was briefly conscious and chatted with his doctors about his future, but soon lapsed into a coma and died a few hours later.
8eRAP TIL that George Jetson was born today
QJ8r6 TIL Mr. Rogers has a hockey card and is one of the only celebrity captains of a team to receive this honor.
awM0N TIL Astronauts often see random flashes of light in space, even through closed eyes - this is caused by cosmic rays passing through their eyes or optical nerves. Scientists think the light is either generated by Cherenkov radiation or by the ray being powerful enough to activate the optical nerve.
J1Y9B TIL peanuts grow through a process called “pegging,” in which the “peg” of the plant penetrates the soil