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TIL The US has been at war 225 out of 243 years since 1776

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p8P9G TIL hemorrhoid cream is used off-label in the beauty industry as a face cream. People use it to help bring down the swelling of bags under the eyes. The effect is temporary though.
57Ok TIL that after Haiti’s independence in 1804, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, self-proclaimed Emperor of Haiti, ordered and carried out a massacre of the entire remaining French population of the island, numbering 3000-5000 people of all ages and gender.
OovvL TIL that Immanuel Kant promoted "scientific" racism, giving a hierarchy of four races: white Europeans "always advance to perfection", yellow Asians "can never reach the level of abstract concepts", black Africans "can be educated but only as servants", and red Amerindians "cannot be educated"
R65j TIL that “begs the question” doesn’t mean ‘asks the question’, and instead is a logical fallacy that means 'the conclusion lacks support’.
bwd4 TIL that there is a three-digit-code on every egg carton that indicates the date of packaging, starting with January 1 as 001 and ending with December 31 as 365