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TIL that George Washington ordered smallpox inoculation for all troops during the American Revolution. “we have more to dread from it than from the sword of the enemy.”

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9Y1Gp TIL that when Paul McCartney from The Beatles met Koji Kondo, the composer of Super Mario Bros, he started singing the Overworld Background Music (aka the World 1-1 Theme) from the first game.
rN9O1 TIL Goats have rectangular pupils, the weird shape helps them stay aware of their surroundings.
LQVpZ TIL - "In the Still of the Night" by The Five Satins is the only song ever to have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 three separate times by the same artist, with the same version each time; in 1956, 1960 and 1961.
vPbpK TIL that it is illegal to place the Philippine flag below a framed picture, as it is seen as disrespectful to a national symbol.
Bg1ay TIL that Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States, had never voted in an election.