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TIL Aaron McGruder, the author of the Boondocks, called Condoleeza Rice a mass murderer to her face.

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vp6x TIL Cashews are sold shell-less because they are a member of the same family as poison ivy and contain an oily chemical called urushiol, a strong irritant that can be fatal if ingested. Cashews are removed from the shells and roasted at high temperatures, steamed or boiled in oils.
jD8Q TIL that labs working with level 4 biohazards such as Ebola, maintain a negative air pressure. This assures that in the case of a leak, clean air will flow into the lab, rather than possibly contaminated air flowing out.
R7jm7 TIL Aubrey Plaza played on a rec league basketball team called the Pistol Shrimps, a team that consisted of models, actresses and comedy writers in 2016.
DQJLp TIL that Silentó, who's 2015 debut single "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 when he was 17 years old, was arrested and charged with the murder of his cousin in 2021. He plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2025, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
VKdp TIL that there are estimated to be 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual ants alive on Earth at any given time, with their biomass outweighing all humans and marine fish combined