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TIL that bacteria are becoming more tolerant of hand sanitizers, but that regular hand washing with soap is a solution: “It's the physical action of lifting and moving them off your skin, and letting them run down the drain”

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OQaX TIL that when the KKK was founded the KKK consisted of a group of Southern whites Democrats who were targeting Republicans with violence because they knew that given the chance, the blacks would vote Republican.
DQYEY TIL that there are no known creature on earth with an odd number of legs used for locomotion except kangaroo.
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KOgbB TIL: Tears contain a natural pain killer. This could explain why we feel better after crying.