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TIL Michael B. Jordan’s father is named Michael A. Jordan

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vPXP4 TIL that during the American Civil War, agents of the Confederacy attempted to spread yellow fever in the North (using contaminated blankets) in one of the earliest recorded examples of biological warfare.
yVP8V TIL that "Hydrophobia" is often mistaken with "Aquaphobia" and that true Hydrophobia is a symptom of a human rabies infection.
dD0Br TIL the code "HTTP 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons" is named after Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, in which books were illegal and burned. This error can appear when the requested information cannot be shown for legal reasons, such as the web page being censored by the government.
R70P6 TIL during the victorian era there was a penomenon of multiple girls claiming to survive without food or any nourishment, and often claimed to have some kind of supernatural powers. Many regarded their supposed abilities as miraculous.
16XJ8 TIL there's a town named Monowi , Nebraska with a population of only one person.