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TIL around 10% of the population of Canada were infected by the 2009 Swine Flu

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Om9R TIL Jerry Seinfeld’s grandparents were from Aleppo, Syria
J1QjQ TIL that on Valentine's Day, a group of embittered singles in Shanghai bought up all the odd-numbered seats in the theater, forcing couples to sit apart.
dDA9E TIL a super-volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused a "Year Without Summer" in Europe and Eastern USA in 1816. This indirectly led to the invention of the bicycle, the writing of Frankenstein and Mormonism.
7Z0P TIL Detroit’s motto in Latin is: “We hope for better things; it will arise from the ashes.” Written in 1805.
JYVyQ TIL In 1880, Queen Sunanda Kumariratana, her daughter and her unborn child drowned as the royal guard watched, because in Siam touching a member of the royal family was punishable by death. The guard was later put to death for being too strict. Even if he'd saved her, he would've been killed anyways