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6EXAl TIL african american woman Iomikoe Johnson with extreme vitiligo has been slowly turning white. One point she was suicidal and is now happy and a model.
bMdE TIL – Sharks Get Suntans but Don’t Get Skin Cancer from Sun Exposure
V7NQ TIL-Ronnie Van Zant, told his band he will never live to see 30.Van Zant’s father said when Ronnie was younger,“He said to me many times, ‘Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.’ I said, 'Why are you talking this junk?’ and he said, 'Daddy, that’s my limit.’” He died at the age of 29 in a plane crash.
9wvl7 TIL the term 'pitch black' refers to pitch, a sticky black substance that is obtained from the distillation of wood tar or petroleum.
kJY7m TIL after being sent to Baltimore in his youth, Frederick Douglass learned the alphabet from the mistress of the house he moved into. When the mistress' husband put an end to the lessons, Douglass began trading bread to hungry neighborhood children who, in turn, helped him learn how to read & write