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TIL: Until 2020, the official name of Rhode Island was The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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1akmr TIL Pangolins are used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat excessive anxiety; hysterical crying in children; women thought to be possessed by devils and ogres; malarial fever; and deafness. These claims are not based on scientific evidence.
LdLP TIL - In 1916, Manfred von Richthofen was considered a below average pilot who crashed during his first flight. Upon his death two years, and 80 aerial kills later, the British buried The Red Baron with full military honors out of respect for his skill as an aviator.
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WbMN TIL that the chunks of carrot that are always there when you vomit, even if you haven’t eaten carrot for weeks, are actually lumps of orange bile.
7N1L TIL that, due to an urban legend, it’s common belief among brazilians that you might die from poisoning if you eat mango fruit mixed with milk