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TIL about Typhoid Mary: the first asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. In her job as a cook she infected 51 people. She was forcibly isolated for 3 years; being released on the promise she didn’t return to cooking. She did return, was caught and confined for the remainder of her life (23 years).

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rpee TIL Daniel Balsam is a US man who got so infuriated with constant email spam that he quit his job, got a law degree and has so far earned over 1 million USD in court judgements against the spammers.
Me5yA TIL the expression "avoid like the plague" originates from priest and theologian Saint Jerome (c. 347–420), who wrote, "Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.” Back then, clergymen were also politicians.
VM50m TIL Republican Founder Sun Yat-Sen circled the world six times to overseas Chinese communities and people sold their businesses, houses, and life savings for his revolution. In Hong Kong, he slept on a church bench rather than a hotel because he wouldn't use other people's money for enjoyment
rRg44 TIL the controversial "Smiley Faced Killer" theory, at least 45 male college students across the whole continental US, drown after getting drunk to incapacity. A smiley face graffito being found generally nearish by.
rRkBe TIL that Mel Blanc, the voice of Barney Rubble, suffered a car crash during production of Season 1 and so the actors would crowd around his hospital bed to record lines while the producers used a built in speaker to direct. Around forty episodes were recorded in such a manner.