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TIL one of the most common side effects of Pepto Bismol is a black, hairy tongue

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p87eN TIL a bill was proposed in 1910 to release hippos into the Louisiana bayous, both as a way to clear out invasive river plants and solve a critical shortage of meat. It was backed by Former President Roosevelt and The New York Times, which praised hippo meat as tasting like "lake cow bacon."
4kd46 TIL about the drafting tool known as a "french curve", which can let a person draw smooth curves of basically any desired curvature depending on the scale. It's a tool where you don't need any complicated measurements, and has a very large amount of uses from architecture to fashion!
woj96 TIL about the Family Viewing Hour, a 1975 FCC policy that TV networks in the USA had to air "family-friendly" programming during the first hour of prime-time. The policy was abandoned in 1977 following a ruling by a federal court that it violated the First Amendment.
6kBX TIL A young Italian in the 15th century fell into the side of a hill, discovering the remains of the Domus Aurea, an enormous Roman palace–filled with art. Michaelangelo and Raphael visited this buried palace, inspiring their art, and subsequently the early Italian Renaissance.
L00Z TIL: Several studies in the US have found that domestic violence is significantly more common in the families of police officers than in other families