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TIL that 48% of black women are infected with genital herpes

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YR7r TIL that the reason you can usually only breathe through one nostril is because of blood vessel dilation called Ultradian Rhythyms and is a method of keeping the nostrils from becoming dehydrated.
4KJJ TIL that during the filming of Ghostbusters, Bill Murray would pass out thousands of dollars in small bills to homeless people on the streets of New York.
PNpJ TIL that people in the Mongolian Empire did not believe in washing themselves or their clothes, wearing the same clothes until they literally rotted off.
jZyj TIL that during the Korean War a ship designed to carry 12 passengers saved more than 14,000 refugees in a single mission.
x64aw TIL that powered flight has independently evolved four times in history: in bats, birds, pterosaurs, and insects.