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TIL green tea contains chemicals that will seep through pores to repel mosquitos.

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LRA9 TIL That for the past 60000 years a group of indigenous people has been living in an island, the size of Manhattan, completely isolated from the modern world. They are extremely violent and will kill anyone that dares to come ashore.
0d6bA TIL celebrity chef Jamie Oliver named his children "Poppy Honey Rosie" "Daisy Boo Pamela" "Petal Blossom Rainbow" "Buddy Bear Maurice" and "River Rocket Blue Dallas"
M1Am TIL that states signed a 20-year contract and promised a 90 percent occupancy rate over that period to CCA to commit to maintaining prisons filled to capacity.
Z8XAB TIL that when William Langer, Governor of North Dakota, was convicted of a felony and ordered to be removed from office, he chose instead to declare North Dakota independent, declare martial law, and barricade himself within the Governor's mansion. Two years later, he was re-elected.
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