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TIL that the disease polio could be eradicated, but isn’t currently because certain Muslim clerics encourage their patrons not to get vaccinated.

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LkywP TIL that a billionaire hedge fund manager once paid Kenny Rogers $4 Million to sing The Gambler over and over a dozen times at his birthday party.
1ayvX TIL about the Eight Immortals, members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the late 20th century. Their descendants possess extensive wealth, outrank and possess greater prestige than most party officials due to their lineage, and can overrule most party decisions.
DQ0Bp TIL That the deadliest blizzard in history occurred in Iran in 1972. In some places over 25 feet of snow fell.
BjWd TIL : Don King, famed boxing promoter stomped one of his employees to death, however he only spent 3 years and 11 months in jail.
ndNP TIL: Glaucus, a members of the nudibranch family which are commonly referred to as sea slugs, can use the stinging cells from their prey as a defense mechanism. It does this by passing them from its gut to the surface of its skin.