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TIL the first self-made female millionaire in USA was a black woman named Sarah Breedlove Walker

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Zppxa TIL: Honey bees carry pellets of pollen with their hairy hind legs. They look like pockets.
ekBD TIL a 1995 WHO study that stated “Occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems” was never published because the US threatened to withdraw US funding for all WHO research projects
epVLL TIL the Great Bengal famine of 1769-71 killed 10 million people in India under Company rule. The population of Bengal declined by around a third.
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