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TIL blue M&M food dye reduces paralysis from spinal injuries - but turns you blue

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Z81Y TIL there is a hemp-based substitute for concrete called ‘Hempcrete’. Shine on you crazy diamond.
xVkV0 TIL in 1970 Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin Cty., CO and lost. His "Freak Power" program included disarming policemen, renaming Aspen "Fat City", punishing dishonest drug dealers, harassing those committing "land-rape" and limiting hunting and fishing to residents.
ZVwY TIL the Big Island of Hawaii has 10 of the world’s 13 climatic zones making it one of the most diverse climate systems on earth.
wky6 TIL the slow loris is the world’s only venomous primate; it sucks the venom from a patch in it’s elbow before giving a lethal bite.
0dNwy TIL Australian Aboriginal oral traditions accurately describes postglacial sea-level rises dating from more than 7000 years ago. Some tribes can describe islands that no longer exist; and provide their original names.