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TIL There's a strain of purple marijuana called Sirius Black

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d87QQ TIL The Mafia helped establish the Gay Bar scene in New York. Fat Tony purchased the Stonewall Inn in 1966 and transformed it into a bar and restaurant. He later bribed the New York Police Department around $1,200 a week to ignore 'indecent conduct' occurring behind closed doors.
wkj7 TIL that volunteers enlisted to clear a shallow pond in England in 2009 stumbled across a Dalek from Doctor Who
N7lm6 TIL that East Germany had an entire political party for former Nazis
ADoEn TIL The offensive term 'Mongoloid' or 'Mongol' derives from an old word for people with Downs Syndrome. This was due to the shape of their eyes, with the epicanthic fold resembling that of the Mongolian race.
QLOE TIL that adding milk (or anything with fat) to tea destroys the tea’s antioxidants