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

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ee75 TIL that the Bible has been translated into Hawaiian Pidgin. It is called ‘Da Jesus Book’
XVAD TIL that during World War 2, penicillin was scarce, so it was common to collect urine from patients to recycle the penicillin.
16M6W TIL the Wenja language from Far Cry Primal is designed to be a hypothetical ancestor of Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed common ancestor of many modern languages
7rWXr TIL when Newfoundland agreed to be annexed by Canada in 1949, one of the conditions was that Islanders continue to be allowed to produce and sell margarine
jNJbn TIL 20th Century Fox, convinced that Star Wars was going to flop, agreed to George Lucas’s proposition to forgo an additional $500K directing fee in return to keep licensing and merchandising rights for himself. This decision cost Fox billions and made George Lucas a Billionaire.