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TIL there is an area in China with so many Africans that it has the nickname Chocolate City

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loeAG TIL in 2015 a new antibody test was announced by a researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston that can reveal every virus your body has ever mounted a response against. The researcher estimated it would cost $25 per test.
NXYZQ TIL as of 2023 the Shrek franchise has grossed over $4 billion
69MrW TIL near the center of a black hole or in the first moments of the universe, Einstein’s equations break
JDm8 TIL that tsunamis can travel unnoticed in deep water as fast as 500 miles an hour, and cross an entire ocean in less than a day.
Me9OK TIL of Eugene Bullard. America’s First Black fighter pilot who without the wager of a $2,000 bet would have never flown at all. Remarkably, he fought for the French, was a boxer, stevedore, jazz drummer, club manager and finally an elevator operator in NYC.