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TIL blackcurrants are outlawed in most of the United States.

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ax0b TIL that this young man sits on the side of Empire Road in South Africa and instead of begging he provides book reviews. He collects all these books, reads each of them, and provides reviews for people passing by. If you like the review, he will try to sell you the book.
9er TIL a broken heart can actually kill you - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy aka Broken Heart Syndrome
w97J TIL: A developer was denied a permit to put a sex club next to a Christian School so, They decided to decided to make it a “Swinger’s Church” because of a loophole in the law.
leQB TIL that a man who was assigned the first military draft number of WWII was the son of a man who was assigned the first military draft number of WWI.
PgGw TIL at the start of the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee said “I look upon secession as anarchy…but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?”