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TIL There is lava on Mars.

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1EDr TIL that segregation laws were proposed as part of a deliberate effort to drive a wedge between poor blacks and whites, making it far less likely that the two groups would sustain interracial alliances aimed at toppling the white elite.
p7ap TIL that there IS a word that ryhmes with orange. Sporange is a botany term for a spore holding capsule in types of fungi, molds and ferns,
BW6k TIL - Red Light Camera Intersection Purposefully Have The Yellow Light Shortened (3s ‘normal’ -> 2.5s or less) to Increase Violations (Article Example from CA - Other States Have Similar Abuses)
v5P8 TIL: According to the FBI, in 2012 black Americans committed 44% of all murders despite being only 12.61% of the US population. A white American is 223% more likely to be murdered by a black American than a black American is to be murdered by a white American.
xV79o TIL whales earwax acts as a hearing aid. The wax has a similar density to water and allows sound to travel through the ear canal into the inner ear unimpeded—something that would be impossible if the ear was filled with air.