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TIL when you ask Siri to rap instead of singing “boots and cats” she raps about washing your hands for 20 seconds so you know how long to scrub.

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69MMQ TIL that Colombia's "War of a Thousand Days" (1899-1902) was one of Latin America's bloodiest civil wars, resulting in over 100,000 deaths in just three years due to a conflict between the Conservative and Liberal parties.
dmNj TIL Atheists are banned from holding public office by the constitutions of 7 states. Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, & North Carolina: “The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.” ART IV,Sec 8
D1EAD TIL a 2003 study suggests that 1 in 200 men are direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Almost 8% of men living in the former Mongolian empire carry nearly identical Y chromosomes.
8eJWZ TIL "The rabbit died" used to be a common euphemism for a positive pregnancy test
jdmE TIL there is a species of fungus that only exists in Texas and rural Japan, and is thought to have been in both places for 19 million years