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TIL of the Jewish superhero Shaloman, who had comics published from 1988-2012. His alter ego was a rock.

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yQZKl TIL that condoms should be replaced every 30 minutes when engaging in a long sex session.
ObYR TIL that a “fossil word” is a word that is generally obsolete but remains in use because it is part of an idiom. For example, amok as in “run amok”, or turpitude as in “moral turpitude”.
rNJbW TIL that 0.8% of the population is unable to form visual mental images, per a 2022 study.
b6Lk7 TIL the lyrics to the song "Winter Wonderland" were written by Richard Bernhard Smith while he was hospitalized for tuberculosis treatment. He would die of the disease a year after the song was first recorded.
yLA8 TIL that the United States consumes over 90% of the world’s stimulant drugs, and that there has been a 700% increase in the use of these drugs since 1990.