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TIL measles destroys your immune system's memory. Most deaths are from other secondary infections.

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DNrg TIL that Stanley Lieber used the pseudonym, Stan Lee because he was afraid that associating his legal name with comic books would harm his writing career.
x6M5B TIL that in 1960 more U.S. homes had TVs than indoor plumbing
0w5vR TIL that in 1991, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines caused a volcanic winter which cooled global temperatures by about 1.3°F (0.7°C) for several years. On June 20, 1992, the high temperature in parts of Michigan was only 51°F (11°C).
GY7EN TIL of the concealed shoe index. For hundreds of years, people hid a shoe in their houses during construction for good luck or to ward off evil spirits. The Northampton Museum in England created the concealed shoe index, and there are approximately 1,900 finds on the index today.
XWD8 TIL the Large Hadron Collider had to be shutdown when a weasel fell into it.