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

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JLR4 TIL that the Saxons sometimes dyed their hair bright red, green, orange and sky blue
yW6a TIL In England and Wales it’s legal to consume alcohol on private premises from the age of 5.
yQYK8 TIL the game Candyland was invented by a woman during the polio pandemic. The woman, Eleanor Abbott, was recovering in hospital she created the game to entertain the children in her hospital wing as they were left by family members for long periods of time to recover.
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