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TIL that feminist American magazine Ms. has not carried advertisements since 1990

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VMm0D TIL: That having Red hair and Blue eyes is the rarest color combination in humans. Less than 2 percent have red hair and around 17 percent of people have blue eyes. Blue eyes and Red hair? 0.17 percent chance.
XPQE TIL when the U.S. government suppressed Native religions to convert them to Christianity, some called it “making apples”, as the Indians would still appear ‘red’ on the outside, but would be made 'white’ on the inside.
QeRM TIL in 1990, Kerry Packer, the richest man in Australia, purchased defibrillators for every ambulance in New South Wales after his life was saved by an rescue crew that had one of the few defibrillators in the country.
NGMQ TIL Honolulu in Hawaii is ranked 4th among US cities for the most skyscrapers behind only to New York City, Chicago and Miami
b6ZQN TIL that in 2017, several Maryland college students consumed so much alcohol at a house party, that the air in the house registered a reading of 0.01 on a breathalyzer.