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TIL: Notorious KKK Leader Was Once Caught With a Black Male Prostitute

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X0VpD TIL that the suffix 'stan' present in many southern and central Asian countries' names comes from Persian & Urdu languages and translates to 'where one stands' or 'place of'
4k1bo TIL that 4/20 was started by a group of High Schoolers in sunny San Rafael, California.
D1pQV TIL It’s hypothesized that warm-bloodedness evolved in mammals and birds because it provided defense against fungal infections. Very few fungi can survive the body temperatures of warm-blooded animals. By comparison, insects, reptiles, and amphibians are plagued by fungal infections.
ADrx7 TIL about the unifying cube rule theory that claims to settle not only the "Is a hotdog a sandwich?" question, but many other similar food debates.
yVkdl TIL that a penguin has achieved the rank of brigadier general in the Norwegian army.