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TIL That sunspots are correlated with revolutionary behavior and other human mass excitability events.

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NJWN TIL: One of the founding fathers, Benjamin Rush, believed that blacks were actually white underneath, but they were stricken with a non-contagious disease which darkened their skin colour. However, he believed with proper treatment, blacks could be cured and become white.
WpJ8 TIL Nestlé is taking 265 million litres of fresh Canadian water every year to bottle and sell off around the world – and it does not pay a penny.
VMjNQ TIL South Africa has three separate capitals for each of its governmental branches: Pretoria for the executive, Cape Town for the legislative, and Bloemfontein for the judicial.
jN7ov TIL that 90% of the earth's human population lives in the Northern Hemisphere
new9G TIL Hummingbirds get their iridescent colors from microscopic "air-filled pancakes" in their feathers.