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TIL about KIDS - Koala Immune Deficiency Syndrome - 80% of deaths of captive koalas in Queensland are attributed to KIDS and in studied koala populations infection rate is 100%

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KgDQ TIL the Jamican bobsleigh team depicted in the movie “Cool runnings” was in two more olympic games. In the 1994 olympic they silenced many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia and France. They where for a short while ranked 8th in the world.
abGM TIL Shirley Temple wasn’t told of her friend and fellow actress Dorothy Dell’s death until moments before filming a crying scene
d8LD7 TIL That Avatar: The Last Airbender won a Peabody Award for “multi-dimensional characters, unusually complicated personal relationships for a cartoon serial, and a healthy respect for the consequences of warfare”
xVZMb TIL 'Bless you' as a response to sneezing comes from the days of the plague when a sneeze was often the first sign of imminent death.
gmOy TIL that the Ukrainian Navy had Dolphins equipped with Pistols on their heads.