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TIL Colorado projects $578.1 million in marijuana sales.

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6EM7Z TIL that Mr. Rogers was bisexual, quoted as saying, regarding sexuality on a 1-10 scale, “Well, you know, I must be right smack in the middle. Because I have found women attractive, and I have found men attractive.”
kYRW TIL Samoans are some of the tallest people in the world because they practiced eugenics. The tallest warriors were selected as mates.
Wk1dN TIL The biggest data breach in history happened to Yahoo in 2013-2014 whereby all 3B accounts on its service were hacked.
wLZ0J TIL that the story of how the Daddy Long Legs is one of the most venomous spiders in the world, but that it lacks big enough fangs to bite is false three times. It’s fangs are as long as a recluse, they lack venom, and they are Harvestmen, not even spiders.
p8v6Z TIL of Deloping (Delope is French for "throwing away") it is the practice of throwing away one's first shot in a pistol duel by firing into the ground in an attempt to abort the conflict. Alexander Hamilton is thought to have attempted to delope during his infamous duel with Aaron Burr.