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TIL: a 1918 influenza pandemic children’s rhyme: I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flew-enza.

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Brgex TIL herd animals in the wild often hang around with giraffes. The giraffes, being so tall, give the herd animals such as Zebra and Wildebeest an early warning of lions sneaking up on them. These herd animals benefit by having friends in high places (quite literally).
69BMY TIL that George Wendt was expelled in his Jr. Yr. from Notre Dame with a GPA of 0.0
0dNnR TIL A Roman soldier mooned at crowds in Jerusalem, causing a stampede which left 10k people dead
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