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TIL John Snow is considered the Father of Modern Epidemiology, after successfully tracing back a cholera infection to a water pump in London in 1854.

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8ebk4 TIL Polygamy was legal in Thailand until October 1, 1935, when the law classified wives into three categories based on how they got married.
p871Z TIL Mark Hamill played Mozart in the play Amadeus. When a movie adaptation of the play was being developed Mark Hamill wanted to audition to play Mozart again. Director Miloš Forman refused to let Hamill even audition for the part because he didn’t think Luke Skywalker should be playing the Mozart.
9YdM TIL British Columbia has the most ghost towns of any jurisdiction in North America, estimated at more than 1500
ANQrl TIL of BioSteel, high-strength fiber-based material produced by goats, genetically modified to produce spider silk.
AQb7 TIL that during the runup to WW2 Chase Bank made $500K by selling Reichsmarks stolen from Jews that fled Germany to Nazi sympathizers in the US.