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TIL that the Ku Klux Klan has officially denounced the Westboro Baptist Church for being “hatemongers”.

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R5R06 TIL Smallville actor Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years of prison due to her involvement with sex trafficking through the cult NXIVM
GyeN TIL that Norinco (Chinese firearms manufacturer) guns are no longer imported into the US because the company tried to sell anti-aircraft missiles to US street gangs.
mg5Y TIL Daniel Inouye was an American soldier in WWII who got shot in the stomach while engaging 3 machine gun nests, then had his right hand blown off from a rifle grenade, and finally proceeded to pry out the grenade from his amputated hand and throw it in the nest.
kWOe TIL that a tick bite can cause a lifetime allergy to red meat. The Lone Star tick injects a type of sugar found in red meat into the blood, and causes antibodies to be made that cause an allergic reaction when the person later ingests meat with the sugar.
d8YQK Everybody poops—around a pound a day, in fact—and everybody wants a clean butt. Good old TP has come a long way since the first commercial toilet paper was marketed 162 years ago, and you might be surprised at how much Research & Development goes into each roll.