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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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bQ5Q TIL That an American WWII Pilot escaped from a German POW camp and after three days of evading capture, commandeered a German Folkwolf 109 and flew himself and one other American Pilot to safety in the Netherlands. He was later quoted as saying “When I saw windmills, I knew I had made it,”.
d4JZ TIL that while Eddie Van Halen was recording the guitar solo for Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” the studio speakers literally caught on fire.
pVE8 TIL that you could not have been King of Ireland without nipples, as the kissing or sucking of King’s nipples was a form of submission. If one attempted to become the Irish Monarch and was not successful, your nipples were removed. They were also cut off if you were sacrificed.
dDLW8 TIL cosmic rays can cause the blue screen of death
6EVVm TIL: 72 year old US Senator John Stennis of Mississippi was mugged and shot twice in front of his home in 1973. Despite being severely wounded he managed to walk into his home and call an ambulance. He would live another 22 years