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TIL that black people with the lowest test scores have a better acceptance rate into med school than Asians with the highest test scores.

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EggwP TIL that the character Koba from Planet of the Apes (2010s) is named after Joseph Stalin, who also used "Koba" as his nickname. The name originally comes from a character in a Georgian book called The Patricide, which inspired Stalin.
75rP TIL the creator of Wonder Woman was in a polyamorous relationship with two feminists, whom where his inspirations
jBgn TIL in 2010, the US Air Force built a supercomputer out of 1700 Playstation 3s.
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