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TIL the creator of the SAT said the test would "prove the superiority of the white race"

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E1kKo TIL an October 2019 study with Evite showed the average American hasn't made a new friend in 5+ years
a89aZ TIL that red shanked Douc is a type of primate native to Indochina. It is the most colorful primate and is known as the queen of primates.
PYWGV TIL about the Clade X, a pandemic simulation conducted by the Johns Hopkins Center. The result revealed that the United States was not prepared for severe pandemics. The players included a former Senate leader and onetime Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief
9YkbM TIL that diarrhea was one of the most common causes of death in the American Civil War and that soldiers had an unwritten code of honor against shooting someone who was pooping.
xQx0 TIL in 2008 a drunk guy faced battery charges after he was accused of farting and fanning the odorous gas toward a police officer.