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TIL Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of the Species” stated: “I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”

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R76Vj TIL The airline industry has its own currency (NUC) to simplify the exchange of money between airlines
BNrx TIL: Franken Berry cereal contained a dye that did not break down in the body and caused the consumers stool to come out a disturbing pink. This phenomenon came to be called Franken Berry Stool.
p8WaO TIL Arsenic used to be so undetectable and popular a poison that it was nicknamed the "inheritance powder"
jEDR TIL members of the KKK initially tried to convince black voters that returning to slavery was a good idea
5EnR TIL that America’s first female mayor was elected in 1887. A group of men nominated her as a joke, but she won over 60 percent of the vote.