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TIL that milky liquid in dandelions is latex.

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rR8nx TIL Ed Sullivan went against pressure to not have African American entertainers on his show, and to not interact with them when they appeared. He presented groundbreaking performances by people like Bo Diddley, and presented obscure, less mainstream Black acts he knew from spending time in Harlem.
XEKWk TIL: About the South Atlantic Anomaly, an area of reduced magnetosphere coverage, with higher-than-usual levels of radiation.
9vEX TIL The Higgs boson is nicknamed ‘the God particle’ not because of its fundamental role in the universe, but because Leon Lederman, a theoretical physicist who wrote a book about it in 1993, called it the 'Goddamn particle’, as it was so difficult to observe
kJ56d TIL that the 'lump' on your shoulder blade is not a muscle knot - it's the tip of the first rib. Using a percussion massager on this area can increase the risk of causing of long-lasting nerve damage.
Zp4lG TIL February 22nd is National Margarita Day, a fictitious food holiday for Margarita lovers.