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TIL 2 weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana lost track of 25% of kids in foster care. New policies are in place but agencies are unsure if they’ll work.

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kO0D5 TIL there are numerous orca ecotypes spread across the globe. They don’t breed with other ecotypes and seldom interact with them.
19j4 TIL that during prohibition in the US an exemption was made for whiskey prescribed by a doctor and sold through a pharmacy. The Walgreens pharmacy chain grew from 20 retail stores to almost 500 during this period, from 1920 to 1933
vPm1L TIL that turtles survive car hits and can suffer for weeks on the road before eventually dying. :(
D1EWe TIL that Steve Jobs would lease the same model of Mercedes every six months so he wouldn't have to put license plates on his car
d8AE9 TIL prolonged usage of Mystique’s blue body paint caused Rebecca Romijn’s vomit to turn blue. She threw up on Hugh Jackman after shooting tequila during their final scenes together in X-Men.