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TIL the acne drug Minocycline can turn your bones to the color black

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m1XAv TIL It is illegal to be drunk in a Pub in the UK.
R7wVa TIL Huge warthog getting "spa treatment" from mongooses in win-win symbiotic relationship called mutualism. Warthogs living in Uganda have learned to rid themselves of annoying ticks by seeking out the grooming services of some accommodating neighbors: a group of mongooses looking for snacks.
jrJn TIL In the American Civil War, soldiers were required to have at least two opposing front teeth so they could open a gunpowder pouch. Some draftees had their front teeth removed to avoid service.
ADWX4 TIL During WWII, the German army used a radar system called Wotan. The British scientist R.V. Jones figured out how the system worked by assuming that it used a single beam based on the fact that the Germanic god Wotan had only one eye.
yQ7NJ TIL that the USSR provided weapons to the Official IRA, 5,000 of which could still be hidden in bunkers