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TIL Robert Ross won a Nobel prize for his work on how to control epidemics

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4XQX6 TIL that Sir David Mathew was a Welsh knight who stood at 6'8 (2.03m). At 60 years old he saved the life of Edward IV at the largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil (the battle of Towton 1461). He died at the age of 84 in an 'altercation'.
oRxvR TIL that director M. Night Shyamalan's films the Village and Signs were accused of plagiarism. Soon after the movie's release in 2004, reports circulated that The Village's plot and surprise ending were parallel to Margaret Peterson Haddix's first book Running Out Of Time, published in 1995.
0wZR1 TIL North Korea has its own distinct basketball rules, such as three points for a dunk, four points for a three-pointer that does not touch the rim, minus one point for missing a free throw, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds.
nGYY TIL that American movies are sped up by 4% for broadcast on most of the world’s TV stations
M1pV TIL that President Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote three pages of detailed instructions for how his funeral should proceed, and locked them in the White House safe. They weren’t discovered until after he was buried.