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TIL a woman, who was a private cook, had to keep changing jobs because her clients kept mysteriously getting sick or dying. She was later found to be the first person in the US that was a healthy carrier of Typhoid. She unintentionally infected 53 people, lending her the name “Typhoid Mary”

Lo1P TIL A small orphan teen named Audie Murphy was rejected by the Navy and Marines in 1942, but later went on to become the most decorated soldier in American history, and a famous actor. He dropped out in the 5th grade to support his family after his father abandoned them, and his mother died.
DQKoP TIL: That upon its UK release in March 1974, The Exorcist drew nationwide protests around Britain from the Nationwide Festival of Light (NFL), a Christian public action group. Local clergy and concerned citizens handed out leaflets offering spiritual support afterwards to those queuing for the film.
p8dDG TIL that in the Middle Ages, being lovesick was a considered real disease, caused by humoral imbalance, and treated by exposure to light, gardens, calm and rest, inhalations, and warm baths, as well as with a diet of lamb, lettuce, eggs, fish, and ripe fruit.
vkK7 TIL a German power washing company donates its cleaning services to monuments around the world, including Christ the Redeemer, the Seattle Space Needle, and Mount Rushmore. Besides being a nice philanthropic venture, this has helped them develop new techniques as they work on abnormal monuments.
e5dL TIL in Far Cry 4, if you take the main villain at their word and wait at a table for about 13 minutes for them to return, you can beat the game without even picking up a weapon.