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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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x0JB TIL the company behind ITT Tech was once one of the biggest conglomerates on Earth. They grossed $8 Billion in 1970, were heavily involved in the Brazilian and Chilean coupes, and were recently fined $100 Million for violations of the Arms Export Control Act.
eVAD TIL that in New Jersey there are cards issued by “Policemen’s Benefit Associations” that can essentially get friends/family of the police out of minor tickets.
69dJQ TIL The boom in guitar sales in 2021 is comparable to that of the post-Beatles boom of the 60s, in which millions of instruments were sold annually. Even when sales began to fall after reaching 2.5 million by 1971, a “sizeable minority persisted” with the instrument
D1QOJ TIL the 550 Porsche Spyder that killed James Dean is believed to be cursed. Actor Alec Guinness told Dean he’d be “dead by this time next week if he got in that car.” Seven days later Dean would be killed by his beloved ‘Little Bastard’ Porsche. And he wasn’t the only life claimed by the cursed car.
PYQwn TIL an alligator can go two years without feeding by burning fat reserves at the base of it's tail.