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TIL the doctor who claimed there was a link between vaccination’s and autism got his doctoral license revoked.

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0wm75 TIL that fishers, a member of the weasel family, are one of the few predators that seek out and kill porcupines and have been documented routinely preying on lynxes, being the primary cause of lynx mortality in the wild.
OoyV1 TIL when George Lucas was searching for a studio to produce Star Wars in 1973, he approached Disney, who turned him down.
woG8M TIL that the Romans were among the first to introduce a standardized system of measuring time through hours. But they didn't have a fixed hour duration throughout the entire year. Instead, they adjusted the length of an hour based on the length of daylight. A winter hr was shorter than a summer hr.
kOnXe TIL that drinking tea is thought to have significant health benefits including reduced stress, improved focus & attention, and better memory
MK7V TIL 100 years ago,today in Sarajevo, a 19 YO University student pulled a trigger and propelled the world into war.On a rock behind his house he carved his initials and the date—Г П 1909. When a friend asked why he was doing it, he answered, “One day people will know my name.