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TIL about Crimson Contagion. A simulation from January to August 2019 that tested the capacity of the U.S. federal government. The exercise involves a scenario in which tourists returning from China spread a respiratory virus in the United States.

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rNVYd TIL about the U.S. Army’s Nuclear Disablement Teams, which train to assault and secure nuclear power plants or nuclear weapons during a ground war with a nuclear power.
78nAM TIL In late 70s-80s, 117+ healthy SE Asian men, many Hmong, died in their sleep mysteriously, leading to CDC investigation. The Hmong attributed it to evil spirit Dab Tog, inspiring Wes Craven's Freddy Krueger in "Nightmare on Elm Street."
dZX7 TIL that Fats Waller, jazz musician, was kidnapped by four armed men and forced to play the piano during a huge party ; he later realized he was playing for Al Capone’s birthday, who absolutely loved his music. Some say he played for three days, and went back home with a tip of thousands of dollar.
j68Rj TIL about The Public Universal Friend; a genderless American Quaker who preached in the late 1700s.
xVrv7 TIL that it was said of the Khmer Rouge's Brother Number Two, that 'in comparison with Nuon Chea, people considered Pol Pot a paragon of kindness'? Also he was not punished for his many, many murders until he was 81.