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TIL: Georgia State Law is copyrighted. You can be sued for publishing it.

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ZRYG TIL every single Official London Black Cab driver must pass a test called “The Knowledge” in which they have to learn 25.000 streets, 20.000+ landmarks and 320 basic routes that are located within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. Some people take up to 5 years of studying to pass it.
16ZvX TIL, Step I of Drug Therapy for Hypertension is also selected on the Basis of Race of the Patient. Non-Black Patients Respond Better to ACE Inhibitors/ARBs. While for Older Non-Blacks and Blacks of all ages, a CCB or a Thiazide Diuretic is Preferred for Initiating Therapy.
e0n8b TIL A movie exists wherein Denise Richards falls in love with Paul Walker, only to have a gang of bullies feed him to a lion, at which point a mad scientist puts his brain in a robotic T-Rex.
4O05 TIL that in the 80s tens of thousands of americans were infected with HIV by drugs that the manufacturers knew were tainted, but continued selling anyway, and that no one was ever criminally charged for it.
m1pQE TIL trees can communicate underground via a network of fungi called “Wood Wide Web” where they exchange information and nutrients.