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TIL the Bubonic Plague is still around. It affects about 7 people a year in the US, and small rodents like prairie dogs are fed vaccine treats to help their populations and reduce spread.

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D107v TIL: British Navy officers play Britney Spears songs to scare off Somali pirates. The rationale of playing these songs is because, supposedly, Somali pirates have a strong dislike for western culture and music, which make Britney Spears’ songs a perfect fit to make them move on quickly.
Wka4o TIL In parts of Virginia it's illegal to trick or treat if you are over the age of 13 and is punishable as a misdemeanor unless you are just walking your kid or sibling(s).
xV0Z5 TIL of the Rosewood massacre an attack in 1923 on the predominantly African American town of Rosewood, Fl. by large groups of white aggressors. The town was entirely destroyed by the end of the violence, and the residents were driven out permanently. It was mostly forgotten until the 1980s.
lo76a Catching "cooties"—it's not just fodder for playground politics. What if a single hair on your head, the oils on your fingertips, or one of the thousands of droplets of saliva you expel each time you cough had the potential to jeopardize a multibillion-dollar interplanetary mission?
pbwN TIL Yurii is the Slavic form of the name George