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TIL the U.S. has a PvP zone

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XEXK6 TIL That Benjamin Rush, A Founding Father and Physician Believed That Blackness Was "A Disease" And Was "Curable". He Co-Authored This Paper, Based On A Black Man Who Turned White. (He had Vitiligo)
ZpVWB TIL about trans-resveratrol, a phytoestrogen which may have either anti-estrogenic or estrogenic effects depending on different situations
115P TIL that Hitler was never elected. He lost the presidential election of 1932 before being appointed Chancellor in ‘33, succeeding Hindenburg upon his death in '34, thereafter abolishing the office of president entirely.
RJY7 TIL: Benjamin Franklin inadvertently electrocuted himself while attempting to kill a Turkey.
9YVA7 TIL that a “buttload” is an actual unit of measure equivalent to about 475 liters. A “butt” is an old name for a barrel used to store wine or rum