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TIL Alan Greenspan admitted he was wrong about unregulated financial markets

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rg0W TIL of Venus Ramey, tobacco farmer and Miss America 1944, who at age 82 confronted two thieves with a .38 then shot out their tires when they tried to escape
yMle TIL that Southern sweet tea was originally used to show wealth, as tea, ice, and sugar were all very expensive at the time.
gdwX TIL the fork came to Italy before any other European country because of pasta
oBdxE TIL chimpanzees in Uganda are killing infants and attacking people because of havitat loss and them.moving into areas closer to humanity.
ANreg TIL indigenous Bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.