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TIL that during the 1918 influenza epidemic, volunteers in Seattle made 260,000 face masks in three days

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4kdV6 TIL that the actor who played Otis in the Andy Griffith Show voiced dozens of cartoon charachters including Goliath from Davey and Goliath and Taurus from Space Angel
R7Le4 TIL that in the 2018 Hawaii false missle alert, PornHub offered an unusual sociological report. After the alert was sent, traffic on PornHub dropped 77%. Nearly an hour after people were informed of a false alarm, PornHub traffic jumped to 48% more than normal from people relieving themselves.
VMxW0 TIL about the Demon of Champawat. A female tiger in Nepal that killed over 400 people before being hunted and killed in 1907. She traveled as much as 20 miles a day in search of new victims and to evade pursuers.
vQ9r TIL of Patricia Demauro who in May 23rd 2009 rolled a pair of dice 154 times continuously at a craps table, without throwing a seven. Odds of that is 1 in 1.56 trillion.
X0p46 TIL of operation Abscam: an FBI sting operation in the late 70s which resulted in the resignation of 1 US senator and 5 US congressmen and the expulsion of a 6th congressman for corruption. Congress made it impossible for the FBI to run similar sting ops in the future (Civiletti Guidelines, 1981)