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TIL that all diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob and fatal insomnia, have a perfect 100% mortality rate. There are no cases of survival and these diseases are invariably fatal.

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dwW8 TIL After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Sam Simon, co-creator & executive producer of The Simpsons, has arranged to leave his entire fortune to various charities.
rJx4 TIL Jainism is a religion so dedicated to non-violence that extremists will sweep their paths and cover their mouths to avoid killing small insects and microscopic life forms. However, they will still eat eggs, milk, etc. because they see them as natural healthy processes for the animals.
rRbxw TIL about "whitecapping" a violent lawless movement in the 19th and 20th centuries to enforce community standards, appropriate behavior, and traditional rights.
oRgyA TIL in 2000, Tim Allen was to star in "The Cat in the Hat," and said, "My dream is to give it the edge that scared me. Like Alien, we’ll see very little of the cat. He’s a human being who turns into the cat, like a werewolf or vampire, as he gets more frustrated trying to deal with these children.”
waVE TIL in 1962, a man named Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval Officer, cast a single vote that prevented a nuclear attack on the US Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and is credited for preventing a thermonuclear World War 3.