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TIL ladybugs can get std’s

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yQ6AM TIL between 1900-1906 black Oklahomans doubled in population, due in part to the efforts of Edward P McCabe who founded the city of Langston as part of a program to create 25 all black settlements, take over a majority of voting districts and create an all black state.
YpN4P TIL that there was once somehow a misconception that infants (not fetuses) somehow don't feel pain, with researchers merely assuming that newborns didn't have fully developed and functioning pain receptors. Unsurprisingly, that is inaccurate.
ea7E TIL Organic is a marketing tool, and some organic companies use 3rd parties to spread fear of GMO through misinformation.
rY7x TIL young Caucasian men inherently deal with alcohol better than young Caucasian women, but this is reversed in middle-age.
kr97 TIL The US overthrew a democratic government in Guatemala, in favor of the dictator Jorqe Ubico, because the United Fruit Company was an American owned company and they didn’t want to pay for the taxes or the import duties on bananas.