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TIL that nearly half (48%) of black women in the U.S. have genital herpes

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y1Vw TIL the 1972 film Deliverance caused tourism in Rabun County, Georgia to increase from the hundreds to the tens of thousands making it the number one source of revenue in the county. Rafting along the Chattooga River alone earns the county $20 million dollars a year
VBYQD TIL that Nazi Germany lost more soldiers in the battle of Stalingrad than they did on the entire Western Front
DB6D TIL Tippmann has created a real life ‘Nuketown’ paintball field
Wkj4B TIL that in June 2017 the NAACP issued a travel warning to African-American travelers for the entire state of Missouri
wog87 TIL: It is common for people (particularly Hindus) to be given names on the basis of horoscopes, usually provided by an astrologer. The astrologer determines the sound a name should begin with and the family will choose a name based on that sound.