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TIL malaria was common in the United States until it was eradicated in 1951

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VMLZk TIL Philadelphia Police bombed a residential neighborhood from a helicopter in May 1985
bjEN TIL Disney animators supposedly slipped a single frame of a naked woman into a film to see if Walt could catch it. There are many variations, but one states that Walt continued watching, and when it finished, asked, “Whose idea was it to add the naked woman?” and fired all those responsible.
Egx0 TIL that Mr. T’s real name is “Laurence Tureaud”
16nAO TIL about the Helmand Culture (or Helmand Civilization) which existed in Bronze Age Afghanistan and Eastern Iran and they had Texts in the Elamite Language suggesting Connections to the West of Iran
OGloL TIL Victor Hayes role in establishing and chairing the IEEE 802.11 Standards Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks from its inception in 1990 to 2000 has led to him being nicknamed as the "Father of Wi-Fi".