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TIL there is an unusual type of skin tumor with the appearance of a horn that can grow in very rare cases up to 10 inches on a humans forehead.

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KpgE TIL that in August 2012, Lily Allen was accused of racism after writing “I hate it when black cab drivers spend the entire journey on the phone. I WANTED A CHAT!” Allen responded that in Britain and Europe taxicabs are called “black cabs” because they are painted black.
ev8k TIL Singapore is the only country on earth whose citizens don’t need a Visa to enter North Korea, South Korea, China or the United States.
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
RjY8 TIL that in 1958 the US government funded a experiment to try to get dolphins to talk with humans by having a human and dolphin live together. When the dolphin went through adolescence he tried courting the woman, and she began to give him hand jobs, which made him more receptive to the lessons.
R65j TIL that “begs the question” doesn’t mean ‘asks the question’, and instead is a logical fallacy that means 'the conclusion lacks support’.