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TIL that people called "Searchers of the Dead" worked in 16th century London, examining corpses to determine whether they died of plague. Mostly elderly women, they often died of the diseases they were searching for.

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1NVV TIL Dave Grohl does not know how to read sheet music and writes his music only by ear.
6VvX TIL when Canada switched to the Metric System in 1970, a group of angry Conservative members of Parliament opened up an illegal “Freedom to Measure” gas station, which sold gas in gallons.
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