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TIL that Gonorrhea, the 3rd most common STD, is on the verge of becoming untreatable

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1V97 TIL the makers of The Dark Side of Chocolate erected a giant screen next to the headquarters of Nestle, the biggest giant in the industry, after they refused to view their film about the widespread use of child slaves in the cocoa industry.
78E5M TIL that stress can shrink your brain.
9wMoX TIL that George Lucas sued to stop the use of ‘Star Wars’ as a nickname for Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. He lost.
ADXj7 TIL many orb-weaving spiders, including the common Barn Spider, take their webs down every day and build another web every evening, eating the old webs to reclaim resources. This is why most orb-shaped spider webs are free of debris and always look new
wopjW TIL Some people are “blind” in their mind - they can’t visualize things in their head