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TIL 48 percent of black women have herpes.

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4XlOg TIL The bones of around 10 bodies; six of them children were found in the basement of the house Benjamin Franklin lived in London's Craven Street for nearly two decades, while he was an ambassador for the American colonies.
16k7D TIL: The scent of freshly cut grass is actually a plant's distress signal. When damaged, grass releases "green leaf volatiles" (GLVs), which act as a cry for help. These chemicals attract insects that protect the plant by eating herbivores, making the familiar smell a signal of defense.
OG5e1 TIL that the ornate wooden detailing on houses is referred to as ‘gingerbread’
LQdJZ TIL that it can rain diamonds on Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn due to the extreme atmospheric pressures, crystallizing carbon atoms into diamonds. Researchers have recreated these conditions in labs to prove it's possible on Neptune and Uranus and speculate Saturn could see as much as 2.2M.
X0Zb8 TIL: Spent nuclear fuel has hope of being recycled in the United States again