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TIL that about one in 2,000 people in the UK is a carrier of variant CJD, or "mad cow" disease, linked to eating contaminated beef. Relatively few people who catch the infectious agent develop symptoms and it's unknown if they can transmit it to others.

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69Wrw TIL after AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott died of alcohol poisoning, the band considered disbanding. Scott's parents requested that they not disband. So they hired Brian Johnson as their new frontman and made Back in Black, which became the second best selling album of all time
grZXy TIL that 218 species and subspecies of primates across the globe are currently threatened by roads, railways, pipelines, and transmission lines. That is nearly half of all primates species in the world.
NXbye TIL that the Yamaha SR400/500 was in production mostly unchanged from 1978 to 2021
R7Ndl TIL Pierce Brosnan wasn't allowed to wear a tuxedo in any other film while under contract to play Bond, so in The Thomas Crown Affair he had to dress 'improperly' for the black tie ball
RrLQ TIL that People Have More Empathy for Battered Dogs than Human Adult, But Not Child, Victims