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TIL of the Corrupted Blood plague, a virtual plague which struck World of Warcraft in 2005

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O6KL TIL the famous Swedish Ice Hotel, built every year out of giant chunks of ice from the Torne River, is now required by the Boverket National Housing Board to include fire alarms, despite being made entirely out of frozen water
GYP77 TIL Laika Studios, the company behind stop motion classics such as Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, is owned by Phil Knight, cofounder of Nike, and run by his son, Travis Knight.
Ypkyd TIL an elephant destroyed a house in a remote village in Bengal and then turned to head back into the forest when a baby trapped under the rubble began crying. The elephant turned back and gently removed every last bit of debris covering the baby with their trunk.
JYXD8 TIL Janicki Omniprocessor Can Turn Human Waste Into Drinking Water
QJBM TIL that Karen Carpenter died on the same day that her divorce was supposed to be finalized. At her funeral her husband took off his wedding ring and threw it into her casket.