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TIL it is illegal to possess a whip in downtown Reno without a permit

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0o5 TIL the very first US Congress passed, and George Washington signed into law, a health insurance mandate.
XdxP TIL Humans did not evolve from either of the living species of chimpanzees. Humans and chimpanzees did, however, evolve from a common ancestor. The two modern species (common chimpanzees and bonobos) are humans’ closest living relatives.
b66Wp TIL that a man had cancer, but the bizarre tumors didn't have human cells. It turns out he had tapeworms, and his tapeworm developed cancer that spread to him.
gy77 TIL that according to “Solomon Cuve”(also called the “Crash Risk Curve”) drivers traveling 5 mph (8 km/h) above the average speed of traffic are statistically the least likely to be involved in a crash while crash risk increases dramatically when traveling below the average speed.
WkPAL TIL that according to a Welsh study of 1000 men over the course of 20 years, men who had two or more orgasms per week died at half the rate of men who had less than that number of orgasm per month.