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TIL Zika has all but disappeared because the majority of people in the affected countries are likely immune.

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kJnD5 TIL: Hawaii was in Oceania not in North America
EOwX TIL that Beethoven routinely had the same breakfast each morning before he started working on his compositions. It consisted of coffee, which he prepared himself. He determined that there should be sixty beans per cup, and he often counted them out one by one for a precise dose.
Yp0PA TIL The last letter to be added to our alphabet was “J.”
p8RON TIL about Congressman Charlie Wilson's revenge. When he was 13, his neighbor, Charles Hazard poisoned his dog by mixing glass into its food. Years later, when Hazard was running for office, Wilson drove 96 people to the polls, telling them how Hazard had killed his dog. Hazard lost by sixteen votes.
jmdp TIL: Halle Berry was the first woman to collect her Worst Actress award in person at the Razzie Awards, saying “I want to thank Warner Bros. for casting me in this piece-of-shit, god-awful movie.”