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TIL That, the Yersinia pestis bacteria is the one responsible for most epidemics in history, including the Black Plague.

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Zn6B TIL that the man from the “Technoviking” video sued the creator for violating his ‘personality rights’ 13 years later, taking all his earnings from the video/merchandise and sending him into debt. The creator had to crowdfund for a documentary about the video to get out of debt.
mbrY TIL Catholic and Protestant areas in Northern Ireland are still separated by walls up to 25 feet tall called “peace lines”
YpXyZ TIL that Barry White was a gangmember in South Central, LA and after his brothers murder, doing time in jail and listening to an Elvis song he left the gang life and began singing love songs.
NK0M TIL of Operation Paul Bunyan. An retaliatory show of force for the murder of American soldiers trimming an obstructive DMZ tree. The mission was to destroy the tree and was conducted with attack-helicopters, B-52 bombers, over 12,000 soldiers and an aircraft carrier. The mission was a success
vxdj TIL about Freeze Branding, to alter the hair folicle of an animal and make the hair grow back white. If the animal is white, they keep the brand longer so the area remains bald.