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TIL that cashews are in the same family as posion ivy and sumac, and their shells will give you a similar rash

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DQAov TIL When colored vinyl 45's were introduced in 1949, the colors indicated what type of music was on the 45.
5ay8 TIL The CDC attributes the high rates of AIDS in Black communities to the DownLow lifestyle of gay black men that reject the Gay & LGBT as being white concepts. Non-Disclosure of male sex is a key factor in HIV transmission to black women; black men are less likely to know their infection status.
X0KvR TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald (the assassin of John F. Kennedy) was a distant relative of both Teddy Roosevelt and Robert E. Lee
nWvwB TIL that some Mormyridae (also called [african] freshwater elephant fish] have the highest brain-to-body ratio of any vertebrates. Specifically Gnathonemus petersii have a much higher one than humans. They also use complex electrical ("radio") signals to communicate with each other.
EgK6V TIL that the drinking age in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is 18