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TIL Mark Twain, noted abolitionist and women’s rights activist, paid for the schooling of black people, including paying one man’s tuition for Yale Law School.

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nWwa7 TIL that axolotls, a salamander native to Mexico, can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cords, and even parts of their brains without scarring.
0wDly TIL That the DEA found an increase from about 4% THC in 1995 to about 12% in 2014 in marijuana. By 2017, another study showed, the potency of illicit drug samples had gone up to 17.1% THC, an increase of more than 300% from 1995 to about 2017.
nBy9 TIL that Pope John XII was a very sinful Pope who turned the Vatican into a brothel, often praised pagan gods while gambling, and was killed in a sexual encounter outside Rome.
1aBpX TIL that regularly drinking excessive amounts of Mountain Dew (2-8L/day) can cause a rare neurological disorder with symptoms of memory loss, fatigue, headache & involuntary movements. The disorder is due to bromine accumulating from the brominated vegetable oils used in some citrus-flavored drinks.
Y5JG TIL: The antechinus, a mouse-like animal, has so much sex that it disintegrates. They are known as semelparous, meaning that sex is a once-in-a-lifetime affair that is usually fatal.