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TIL All border collies can be traced back to one dog, Old Hemp

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9ryB TIL Jasmine rice has a higher Glycemic Index than pure glucose
loNj7 TIL about Liquid Democracy, where voters can voting directly themselves or vest their vote in a delegate... meaning no more corporate-sponsored politicians.
vNWK TIL a group advocating for people who are afraid to urinate in public asked DirecTV to pull its commercials starring Rob Lowe and an awkward alter ego “Painfully awkward Rob Lowe.”
DX0g TIL the first black president in North America was Vicente Guerrero, the second president of the Republic of Mexico in 1829. He is known for abolishing slavery in Mexico forty years before Lincoln would do the same on the US.
OoOOX TIL that in 1985, Dian Fossey, a renowned primatologist who fought to protect gorillas and led anti-poaching patrols, was found hacked to death with a machete.