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TIL there is a plant that grows naturally near poison ivy that “cures” poison ivy rash before it starts.

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XbK8 TIL famous mathematician & scientist Blaise Pascal converted to Catholicism after having a 2-hour mystical experience. He spent the rest of his life mostly writing about theology and apologetics.
wo6a8 TIL the zipper, originally called the “Hookless Fastener” and patented as the “Separable Fastener” in the 1910s, was first used on tobacco pouches and boots. By the 1920s and 1930s, it gained popularity in children’s clothing and men’s trousers.
Br05D TIL about Fort Jefferson, abandoned since 1906, a huge hexagonal fort occupying nearly an entire island in the Dry Tortugas off Florida; though never finished, it is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas.
X0mAX TIL about the Gullah language, an English Creole language that was created by enslaved Africans and is still spoken by some African Americans in parts of the southern United States.
nWENP TIL, the Houston home of astronaut Neil Armstrong burned down in 1964 and his family was led to safety by Armstrong and fellow astronaut Ed White. White would later be killed when he and two crewmates became trapped in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft in 1967.