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TIL that apples can get sunburned and this is what it looks like

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9O87 TIL that in 1977, a man attempted to commit suicide by jumping in front of the NYC subway. He survived but was injured, and then received $650,000 in a settlement because the subway operator had “not stopped fast enough”.
lO7a TIL 16-term Congressman Barney Frank was openly gay since 1987 but kept his atheism a secret till he left office because in politics, it’s harder to come out as atheist
pAZA TIL the Times Square, while taking up just 0.1% of New York City’s total land area, creates 11% of the city’s economic output and 10% of its jobs.
ADOao TIL that Chiropractors are not a type of medical doctor, cannot practice medicine, and Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine like acupuncture.
0dkwA TIL Males in most animal species die earlier than females because their smaller Y chromosome is unable to protect an unhealthy X chromosome