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TIL that the rapper Immortal Technique went to high school with Lin-Manuel Miranda and used to bully him.

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xVxJb TIL: Medical professionals are more likely to believe women’s symptoms are ‘all in their head’ compared to men. Women have to fight for their symptoms to be taken seriously even in serious cases such as brain tumours.
epL6 TIL there is a substance called frozen smoke, it is the world’s lowest density solid, made of 96% air. It supports up to 4,000 times its own weight and can withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite.
lodDV TIL about Junius Groves, a former slave who walked 500 miles from Kentucky to Kansas City, Kansas and became very wealthy after finding great success growing potatoes.
OGMOg TIL that the iconic horses on the Kentucky licence plates in the 1990s were based on a logo of a horse park in Lexington which itself was based on a picture of semi-wild horses taken by a German photographer in the 1960s. The base was withdrawn when the photographer sued for copyright infringement.
oBLXK TIL Students in Finland have coveralls to wear to parties