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TIL the green cap on a siracha bottle is supposed to mimic the stem of a pepper

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J1aR4 TIL about Mordecai 'three finger' Brown. A MLB player who had his pitching hand mangled in a farm accident. The injury gave him a unique grip on the baseball that gave him an unusual amount of spin on the ball. He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
P1QPg TIL: the genes that helped people survive of the Black Plague are now causing the decendants of those survivors to develop autoimmune diseases.
oBkXL TIL that "hapa" is a Hawaiian word for "part" that has spread beyond the islands to describe anyone who's part Asian or Pacific Islander.
kWAm TIL The voting rate in the US for people earning under $50,000 is HALF the voting rate of those making over $100,000.
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