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TIL : France has an Algerian skull collection

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l78eK TIL 50% to 60% of all allergy blood tests give false-positive results. False-positive results show you have an allergy even when you don’t. Skin tests tend to be more accurate.
j6XpE TIL Doing CPR on person who is pulseless because of blood loss (gunshot wound, stabbing, etc.) worsens their chance of survival.
p8rdA TIL about 1/3 of new cars no longer come with a spare tire. While some have run-flat tires, having no spare tires decreases weight and increases fuel economy.... and also quietly saves car companies millions of dollars a year
5Yko8 TIL that the Soviet Union was in talks with Nazi Germany to become a fourth Axis Power
lo6M7 TIL that Benjamin Franklin and his friend would use chess as a means to learn Italian; the winner of each game would assign a task, such as parts of the Italian grammar to be learned by heart, to be performed by the loser before their next meeting