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TIL DARE programs have been found to have no effect on drug use

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904Q TIL that If you could hold your mother’s hand and she could hold her mother’s hand and so on and so forth, all standing in a straight line, the point where we have a common ancestor with chimpanzees would be only 300 miles away.
R7vJ1 TIL that the U.S. Surgeon General found that smoking caused more than 20 million premature deaths in the United States between 1965 and 2014
Lbr TIL that before anti-venom, the black mamba had a 100% mortality rate
R5L96 TIL there's a volcano in the Philippines, Mount Mayon, known for its perfect cone shape. It's so symmetrical that it has become a popular symbol of natural beauty and has inspired numerous local legends.
4XQKo TIL the first self-made black female millionaire of America was Madam C. J. Walker whose both parents were enslaved. After experiencing hair loss herself she created the "Walker system" which involved scalp preparation, lotions and iron combs. Her saleswomen were called "beauty culturalists".