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TIL pubic lice are on their way to becoming an endangered species…

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9wAyM TIL that the phrase "kills 99.9% germs" from alcohol ads make total sense because 0.1% of a population with 1 million germs leaves out not ONE survivor, but 10,000!
b6MyE TIL that Horace Tucker, the first mayor of North Las Vegas, committed two murders after leaving office.