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TIL that born and raised in Mozambique student filed lawsuit against medical school in US for harassment and suspension for identifying himself as “white African-American.” He was told “never to call himself as an African-American" as it was offensive to others and to people of color.

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e0dLb TIL that locusts, such as those mentioned in the Bible, are grasshoppers, and I am thirty years old.
djo9 TIL that Guy Fieri required show researchers for “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” to take note of any indications of homosexuality for potential restauranteurs to be featured on the show. Guy allegedly stated, “You can’t send me to talk to gay people without warning! Those people weird me out!”
JEk TIL more people are bitten by New Yorkers each year than sharks.
VMNLD TIL laser hair removal is sometimes used after gender reassignment surgery to remove hair growth in the vagina.
YpEoP TIL the seeds of the Abrus precatorius plant contain the toxin abrin. Abrin is fatal at just 1/75 the dose of ricin. Abrin has an LD50 of 0.56 μg/kg in mice, and Kingsbury lists a toxic dose in humans at 0.00015% body weight, or approximately 0.1 mg for a 150 lb human. One chewed seed can be fatal.