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TIL primates are the only animals that get a rash from poison ivy.

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yAr8 TIL that Kurt Russell not only starred in but actually directed Tombstone. “I’ll do it, but I don’t want to put my name on it.“
jNZgv TIL - Handshakes where originally used to make sure that the other person wasn't carrying a weapon. The hand clasp proved their hands were empty and the shake proved there was nothing in their sleeves.
ne6oY TIL of the Likov's, a Russian family of Old Believers who lived in the Siberian wilderness completely isolated from the outside world for 40 years. They were discovered in 1978 for the first time by a group of Soviet geologists, unaware that World War II had taken place.
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7rWW7 TIL that Canada declared war on Japan in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor before the United States declared war the next day.