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TIL that there have only been 2 recorded deaths by stingrays in Australia. Steve Irwin was one of them.

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e0pyk TIL George Washington feared the growing influence of political parties in the US. He thought that it would lead to "the alternate domination" of each party, taking revenge on each other in the form of reactionary political policies and that it would eventually cause the North and South to split.
4Xdpg TIL: Portland Oregon's first bicycling boom ended starting in 1900 when a group of prostitutes began to ride them and solicit customers on their rides about town. Soon women riding bikes were assumed to be prostitutes and other women stopped riding.
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