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TIL up to 85% of star systems are made up of two or more stars

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ne14d TIL That Infamous Alabama Governor George Wallace Took The Oath of Office standing on a gold star, which marked the very spot that The President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis stood when he took the oath in 1861.
KgY4 TIL: That Charles R Drew,The first African American to graduate Columbia medical school and a key scientist in the creation of the blood bank, Lost his job because he refused to segregate blood by the race of the donor
ryBd TIL that during the Ming dynasty (approx. 1570), powdered Smallpox scabs were blown up the noses of the healthy. The patients would then develop a mild case of the disease, but were immune to it from then on.
OoLJg TIL there are a few generations that will never know what it’s like to have sex while wearing an N95 mask.
694mX TIL that David Allan Coe, a famous country music singer, is a retired member of the Outlaws MC Louisville, Kentucky chapter.