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TIL that Nearly Half of All Black Women Have Genital Herpes

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d8VB TIL: If you adjust the price of gasoline in 1918 with 2012 inflation, it would be $3.75/gallon.
NX6mP TIL that there are symbols beyond the percent sign %: permille sign ‰ and permyriad sign ‱
lW4N TIL that a black fungus that grew inside Chernobyl that eats harmful radiation is proposed as a possible dish for future astronauts
69MbZ TIL that many British people don’t rinse the soap off their dishes after washing them, and this practice is actually due to a fairy liquid advertisement that promoted their soap as not needing rinsing
yQk7X TIL that in 1355, the town of Oxford and the students of Oxford University erupted in rioting for days because some students didn't like the beer they were served and threw a pint of beer at a tavern owner. The townsfolk eventually stormed the school where 63 students and 30 locals were killed.