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TIL that if New Orleans were a country, its gun homicide rate would rank second highest in the world

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jNb8n TIL chamomile is scientifically proven to be amazing for you, including being anti-inflammatory, inhibits prostate, breast, ovarian, and skin cancers, helps colds, diarrhea, eczema, hemorrhoids, ulcers, gas, bone strength, sleep, anxiety, seizures, diabetes, and heal wounds among other benefits.
W7eKo TIL that in 2018, a 21 year old man in Germany was trying to win an argument with his friend to prove he could walk freely through Berlin wearing a Kippah. However, he ended up being attacked by a group of men.
pYr1A TIL a victim of the SS Atlantic wreck was found to be a woman disguised as a man. A great favorite among her shipmates, one remarked "I didn't know Bill was a woman. He took his grog as regular as any of us, & was always begging or stealing tobacco. He was a good fellow, & I'm sorry he was a woman."
kOeNg TIL That “one nation under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance during the Eisenhower administration and has only been in place for 65 years
nEwW TIL: Morgan Freeman played a singing vampire obsessed with vegetables on The Electric Company in the 70’s.