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TIL that not only are there feral macaque colonies in the United States, one of the ones in (of course) Florida is infected with a particularly virulent strain of Herpes that has a mortality rate of over fifty percent in humans.

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e0pW5 TIL that between 1664 and 1967, America had miscegenation laws that prevented interracial marriage, and that the first marriage licenses were intended to allow the government to enforce this law
7AQL TIL There was a girl who ate almost nothing besides chicken nuggets since she was 2.
kOYQ4 TIL that when cardinals failed to elect a pope for 2 years, a hermit warned them of divine vengeance. Cardinals elected him as Pope Celestine V. He refused and tried to flee, and after being persuaded, he wrote two decrees: for fixing the papal elections and for allowing him to resign. Then resigned
yVyDv TIL about Laura Dekker, a Dutch sailor who at the age of 16 became the youngest person to sail around the world.
mwNE TIL there was a famous 18th century racehorse named Potoooooooo. His original name was Potatoes. Potatoes acquired the strange spelling of his nickname, Pot-8-Os, when a stable lad was asked to write it on a feed bin. The lad’s version, Potoooooooo, was said to amuse his lordship so he kept it.