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TIL parental refusal of vaccination is child neglect

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78kKr TIL about the Judas Goat Technique. Judas goats are captured, sterilised, radio-collared and then re-released to associate with and reveal the location of other feral goats in the area, sparing their own lives in the process.
jNLaN TIL of the 'Tri-State Tornado', a category F5 tornado that lasted almost 4 hours, caused $2.2 billion dollars in damages, killed 695 people, and carved a path from Missouri through Illinois to Indiana back in 1925.
my9v TIL Roald Dahl wrote screenplays for two Ian Fleming novels, You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Z8QQB TIL that truffles cause a chemically-induced euphoria reaction similar to that of THC.
kJYX5 TIL Canon, written in the 17th Century by Johann Pachelbel, is well-known music often played at weddings and Christmas. But it was forgotten after it was written and languished in obscurity for centuries. It wasn't published until 1919; wasn't recorded until 1940; was virtually unknown until 1968.