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TIL: The phrases "Yas" and "throwing shade" originated in 80s LGBT cultural

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vPYZ7 TIL about William English Walling, wealthy grandson of the 1880 Democratic vice presidential candidate who became a trade union socialist and co-founded the NAACP with W.E.B. Du Bois
d8aE TIL that when a Komodo dragon swallows its prey whole, it may try to speed up the process by ramming the carcass against a tree to shove it down its throat.
rRADd TIL a woman put cyanide in pill bottles of Excedrin and placed them on the shelves of stores. This led to the deaths of her husband and a 40 year old woman.
NBW6 TIL this is how traffic happens
gRg8 TIL that a game show has tested the idea of fairness across cultures. In the US, the audience helps contestants. In Russia, they purposefully give the wrong answer. In France, they give the wrong answer if they feel the contestant isn’t smart enough to deserve to win the money