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TIL What N-95 means. It's actually the lowest acceptable rating for respirators!

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woPoo TIL that, on August 27, 1853, Abraham Lincoln led a ceremony by the railroad tracks in Lincoln, Illinois to mark the founding of the new town named after him. Lincoln "christened" the railroad trackside with watermelon juice.
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k4p5 TIL of Anthony Poshepny, an American CIA agent sent to Communist countries to train anti-Commie rebels. He would hurl severed heads from a plane to terrify Communist forces, and rewarded rebels for cutting off human ears
e0GP6 TIL the Dog Whisperer’s pit bull allegedly mauled Queen Latifah’s dog to death and mauled a Junior Olympics gymnast out of contention
J1lZ4 TIL that even after giving birth, women are highly advised not to drink alcohol if they are breastfeeding.