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TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabber has written Sherlock Holmes novels and an episode of Veronica Mars

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e0mv5 TIL: The country of Tuvalu was unable to join the United Nations until 2000, because it did not have the $100,000 fee to join. This was until the internet, where Tuvalu sold its domain name of .tv to other companies to make most it its money.
oB5bE TIL Continuous ingestion of Colloidal Silver [an alternative medicine] can cause skin to turn an irreversible blue/grey color - a condition called Argyria
DWEj TIL 70% of African-American children and 58% of Hispanic children do not know how to swim compared to 40% white children.
PYGMg TIL that Durian, also known as the "King of Fruits" is a tropical fruit that is popular in Southeast Asia and is very high in nutrients, however, it also gets a bad rap due to its strong smell.
WkaEB TIL white torture is a type of psychological torture which involves putting the prisoner in a completely white, soundproof room, often leading the prisoner to madness.