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TIL Two infectious diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.

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jxbN TIL that the English county of Sussex was divided into Rapes.
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A7Ln TIL An ancient Roman lighthouse still stands in England, at Dover Castle.
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a8xjN TIL that in his will, George Bernard Shaw wished for a portion of his assets to be used to generate a phonetic English alphabet of 40 letters