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TIL: Smallpox inoculation had been practiced in China, India, Turkey, and East and West Africa, starting as early as 1000 AD. The procedure involved exposing a small wound to pus from the sores of an infected person, to cause a limited infection, which would then provide lifelong immunity.

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