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TIL that compared to white males, as of 2011 African-Americans males had 9-times more chlamydia, 19-times more gonorrhea, and 6-times more syphilis according to the CDC.

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wLbpJ TIL I learned there’s a freshwater lake on a golf course in Australia with bullsharks. The sharks came to the lake due to a flood and aren’t able to go to the ocean after the flood receded. They have since breeded in the lake.
QV8d TIL that Japan’s Emperor Akihito has a living uncle. Emperor Hirohito’s youngest brother Takahito, Prince Mikasa turned 100 in December 2015. His marriage to Yuriko, Princess Mikasa has lasted 74 years. They have three sons and two daughters; their sons have all died.
jNovR TIL: What does Wuhan Coronavirus look like and what are its internal components.
PG8n TIL when John C Calhoun was discussing the secession of South Carolina, Andrew Jackson is alleged to have said “"John Calhoun, if you secede from my nation, I will secede your head from the rest of your body.”
OG86e TIL Female giant pandas would spontaneously terminate their pregnancy when they are inseminated by a panda of the opposite sex they do not like