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TIL George Washington inoculated his troops against smallpox, reducing a 17% death rate from the disease down to 1%

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0dP1p TIL in the US Civil War, US forces under inept General Ben Butler were repulsed in the first attempt at taking Petersburg in part by a scratch force of old men, young boys and jail inmates and is referred to as "The Battle of The Patients and Penitents" and "The battle of Old Men and Young Boys"
ANKWn TIL that 7Up used to contain lithium (a mood stabiliser used to treat mental health conditions)
YrbP TIL that someone built a Ferrari dragster that has a train supercharger.
YxPW TIL Kepler-186f is the first Earth-sized exoplanet within a star’s habitable zone, it is far enough away from the star that water could persist in a liquid state
5VlG9 TIL that, concerning deregulation, the Washington Consensus' original 10 points only called to abolish rules that impede market entry or restrict competition; rules based on safety, environmental and consumer protection grounds, and oversight of financial institutions were explicitly excepted