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TIL that dating was such a novelty in the early 1900s that women were often misperceived as prostitutes and arrested for letting a man buy them dinner

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k7JW TIL that Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of a fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill his opponent in the ring. After a priest and minister convinced Robinson to fight, Robinson went into the ring and killed his opponent, Jimmy Doyle
p8obQ TIL that tetrachromes are people who can see millions more colors than normal people.
8a8NG TIL there's a fruit called "Miracle Berry" that, when eaten, causes your taste buds to not detect sour flavor for about half an hour, causing sour foods to taste sweet.
6pWZ TIL that in West Virginia and Ohio it is illegal to warm your car up and leave it running to go back inside during cold weather months.
VBkgk TIL Spc. Sean Baker was nearly beaten to death during a training exercise at Gitmo where he played the role of a detainee. Despite using the codeword and identifying himself, the beating only stopped when his jumpsuit ripped revealing fatigues