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TIL the purple color you see on links you've "visited" in your browser is called Rebecca Purple. It was named after Eric Meyer's 6 y/o daughter who lost her battle to cancer.

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9LpM TIL three masked instigators at a peaceful protest in Quebec were found out to be undercover police. Protestors figured it out when they noticed the boots they were wearing were the same as police.
ADQGx TIL people used to believe toothaches and other dental problems were caused by "tooth worms" that lived in our teeth and consumed them from the inside out.
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