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TIL People with herpes have a numeric code that they can put on their profile on dating sites to allow potential partners with herpes search for them

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9w5gm TIL William Howard Taft tried to recreate the success of Theodore Roosevelt's teddy bear with his own "Billy Possum"
JAw8 TIL A young Bill Nye worked in a local comedy show in Seattle called “Almost Live!” During one episode the show’s host said “jiggawatts” when he meant say “giggawatts.” When Bill jumped in to correct him the host snapped back, “Who do you think you are, Bill Nye the Science Guy?” The name stuck.
Z8MGR TIL: Gin drinkers of London used to call "Puss", wait for a meow reply, then hold their glasses underneath a wooden cat to illegally obtain their drink.
rr01 TIL that astrophysicist Carl Sagan and his wife would smuggle books about the history of the Russian Revolution into the USSR so that their colleagues could read them, since recorded history lessons in Russia were actively manipulated by Joseph Stalin at the time.
dyXj TIL The first microprocessor was not made by Intel. It was actually a classified custom chip used to control the swing wings and flight controls on the first F-14 Tomcats.