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TIL An African slave named Onesimus taught colonists in Boston how to inoculate themselves against smallpox; the treatment had been common in China and Africa for centuries!

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neReo TIL Samuel Clemens (AKA Mark Twain), who was born 186 years ago on November 30th, was born two months early and was not expected to live. He ended up being one of three children in his family who survived to adulthood while four other of his siblings passed away.
YV0x TIL drivers in Ohio receive a yellow “scarlet letter” license plate if they have been convicted of a DUI.
Ql4M TIL Dinosaurs probably tasted like chicken
X0rn8 TIL Comedian Steven Wright is an Oscar winner
mxLxM TIL that Human civilization has caused the loss of 83% of all wild mammals and half of plants.