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TIL Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, with almost one-third of the adult population affected

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Ylav TIL of Junaluska, a Cherokee leader who saved Andrew Jackson’s life. Jackson later sent the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears from NC to OK, which killed up to 1/3 of them en route. Junaluska survived, escaped twice, walked hundreds of mountainous miles home, and lived well into old age as a Chief.
69GwZ TIL a cashew nut grows as a fruit and the “nut” is actually a seed. The seed’s skin requires processing because it contains urushiol, a resin that causes skin irritation similar to poison ivy.
aEjL TIL that a United States Senator once interrupted a NATO debate on nuclear weapons to complain about a tariff on chickens.
xV5Y5 TIL Clara Barton held a clerkship in the US Patent Office with pay equal to that of men. She was the first woman to hold a position or pay of this type in government. Being wrongly fired in 1857 she returned under Lincoln as a copyist to help pave the way for future women's equality in government.
oBR1Y "Humans are excellent at picking up patterns, even better than computers, despite recent advances in machine learning."